From the Seals press release:
The following information is publicly available from the local media stations pertaining to the Freedom’s Watch Chicago media market advertising buy.
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Freedom’s Watch Chicago Buy Info (9/6/07) |
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Flight dates |
Size of buy |
Estimated Points* |
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TELEVISION |
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WBBM-TV |
8/27 – 9/23 |
$92,000/20 Share |
153 |
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WFLD-TV |
8/22 – 9/23 |
$250,000/2 Share/Evening News |
417 |
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WGN-TV |
8/27 – 9/09 |
$40,000 |
67 |
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WLS-TV |
8/27 – 9/23 |
$275,000/early morning, early, late, 11am, wheel |
458 |
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WMAQ-TV |
8/27 – 9/23 |
$74,900/(think their share will be less than usual) |
125 |
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Comcast Spotlight |
8/29 – 9/23 |
~$50,000/(won’t know share until after the fact) |
83 |
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Total Television |
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$781,900 |
1,303 |
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RADIO |
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WGN-AM |
Through end of Sept |
$70,500 |
353 |
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WBBM-AM |
Through end of Sept |
$70,500 |
353 |
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Total Radio |
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$141,000 |
706 |
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Grand Total |
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$922,900 |
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This information is based on continual outreach to stations. It is subject to change and to interpretation. |
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*Cost per point for TV estimated at $600 Cost per point for Radio estimated at $200 |
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One Meeellllionnnn dollars.
[…] Thursday, September 13th, 2007 in Republicans by robnesvacil Perhaps the White House sockpuppets at “Freedom’s Watch” ought to be running against House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-MO). “Freedom’s Watch” is spending millions of dollars to promote false analogies between 9/11 and Iraq in a purely partisan effort to keep the few barely wavering Republicans squarely behind the president’s failed Iraq policies. In Illinois, they’re spending almost one million dollars to try and corral Rep. Mark Kirk who is only mouthing the words in the first place. […]