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Advertise with Essex Hits

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Essex Hits is a Digital Radio Station for Essex broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week playing a mixture of songs from the 00’s through to today.  We also broadcast the latest news, weather, travel, along with local features daily.

You can hear us online through our website, app, via an amazon or google smart speaker and on Apple CarPlay & Android Auto via popular apps such as TuneIn, Online Radio Box, and My Tuner Free.

We are a professional station dedicated to serving Essex, providing a truly local service. Because we are digital we know how many people are listening, and we currently have 10,000 people listening every week to the station and growing.

NEW COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ADVERTSE!

We have created a NEW cost effective way for businesses to advertise and get their message on-air quickly with our NEW Business Boost Club reaching new customers across Essex every week.

What do you get?

  • Get on-air quickly once subscribed and outlining your key messages 
  • You’ll be guaranteed a minimum amount of plays a day in peak times from 7am-7pm (amount specified in package)
  • You  get a FREE share of any unsold advertising space on-air giving you extra plays of your advertisement
  • Production of 1 advertisement. Price included in the total cost (duration as per your subscription package). 
  • Listing on our business directory on essexhits.com and on our social media @essexhits
  • FREE website banner for on essexhits.com for 6 and 12 month subscriptions
  • Option to update your advertisement for an additional small fee 

Please note: Peak times are 7am-7pm Monday to Friday and 8am-4pm Saturday and Sunday.  Any FREE unsold advertising space can fall either within peak or off-peak times.  Monthly invoices are sent on the 15th of every month to be paid by the 1st of the month to ensure no disruption to the broadcasting of your advertisement.  Once subscribed there is a no cancellation policy, but you may withdraw your advertisement from airing without any refund. 

To find out more information, please contact sales by e-mailing sales@essexhits.com.  

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

Pick the subscription below that best fits your budget, click subscribe and you’ll be asked to complete a short form.  Once submitted, we’ll be in touch to guide you through the process and get your advert on-air as quickly as possible so you can start to see the benefits.

3 Month Membership

Total cost £240 including £45 one off production fee.
£ 65
Month
  • 20 sec Advert
  • 6 plays minimum daily
  • Advert production included

6 Month Membership

Total cost £405 including £45 one off production fee
£ 60
Month
  • 20 sec Advert
  • 6 plays minimum daily
  • Advert production included
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12 Month Membership

Total cost £705 including £45 one off production fee
£ 55
Month
  • 30 sec Advert
  • 6 plays minimum daily
  • Advert production included

Further Information: Types of Advertising

There are several ways in which you can promote your business on Essex Hits.

  • Spot Advertising – This is an advert recorded professionally to fit the style and brand of your business.  This will typically be 10, 20, 30 or 60 seconds in duration and will be played between one to three times an hour depending on your agreed package and available advertising space.  There is an additional production cost for the advert if you do not already have one which will be tailored to fit your budget.
  • Show Sponsorship – Your business is promoted at least 3 times an hour on the show you have chosen to sponsor with a message typically 10secs in duration.  We will work with you to identify which show, and messaging is right for your business.
  • Feature Sponsorship – Another way to promote your business is to sponsor a feature on the station like the weather or entertainment update.  Just like the show sponsorship, this is an audio message of about 10secs in duration.
  • App & Website Advertising – We offer banner advertising on the Essex Hits website and app for as little as £50 a month.  We can help create a banner to meet your need or use an existing one you may have already.  Please contact us for more details.
  • Feature Content (Pre-recorded of Live) – Another way to engage listeners and promote your business is through feature content on the station.  We will come to your business or record with you remotely depending on your preference a series of short features to promote your business, from a grand opening to the launch of a new product.  Alternatively, we can bring one of our shows to your business and present the show live chatting with you and your customers.  Please contact us to discuss options.
  • Competitions & Giveaways – You may have a product or service that you wish to giveaway as way to grow your brand with our listeners.  This could be meal vouchers, cakes, holidays etc. depending on your business.  We can work with you to build a campaign where we promote your business for free in exchange for providing the competition prizes or giveaways.  Please contact us to discuss options.

Click here to find out more…

Why Advertise on Radio?

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Essex Hits is a cost-effective way to advertise in Essex.  We are a digital only radio station, which means our listeners have chosen to listen to us by downloading the app, visiting our website, installing us on their smart speaker or listening in their car via Apple Carplay & Android Auto.

Here’s some further information suppied by RadioCentre.

Radio – the broadcast linear flow of curated, predominantly live, presenter-led music and speech based audio entertainment – is now part of a much wider audio ecology.

Before the audio revolution, there used to be two choices for listeners – live radio or your personally-owned music collection.

Now, with the rise of new audio formats such as podcasts and streamed music services, listeners have more options than ever before. The rise of multiple-function mobile devices (formally known as phones) and the fact that audio content is “device neutral” for the most part, means that people can listen to almost anything, anywhere, and at any time.

Radio effectiveness

Demonstrating the impact of radio

There is a wealth of industry research that demonstrates the impact of radio across a range of metrics when used as part of a wider media campaign.

Return on investment (ROI)

According to UK econometric analysis radio produces £7.70 revenue ROI for every pound spent – second only to TV overall, and higher in a number of product categories e.g. retail, finance, travel, automotive. This is supported by separate analysis which demonstrates that radio delivers profit ROI of £1.61 per £1 spend, again second only to TV.

Brand salience

When included in the mix, radio advertising significantly increases the effects of brand communication over TV advertising alone, helping brands spring to mind more readily in purchasing situations. See Radio: The Brand Multiplier for more detail.

Brand fame

Analysis of the IPA Databank reveals that including radio as part of the mix significantly increases the chance of achieving brand fame

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Source: IPA Databank

Boosting awareness and consideration

Listeners demonstrate significantly higher ad awareness/brand consideration of radio advertised brands. Reallocating a proportion of a TV or press budget into radio increases overall ad awareness for no extra cost. 

Brand relevance and trust

Radio advertised brands feel more relevant and are more trusted by radio listeners. 

Radio and response

Radio drives response, especially online. See also Using Commercial Radio to drive response.

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You need to use the Essex Hits app to listen to live radio.

Click here to listen on the web.