Newsweek Media Research Index

Radio Research: Media Effectiveness Research


1973 - GALLUP & ROBINSON FOR RADIO ADVERTISING BUREAU - THE FEASIBILITY OF DELAYED RECALL IN TESTING RADIO COMMERCIALS

The test showed that listeners can recall radio commercials the following day and that there is a considerable difference in the impact of individual commercials.

1979 - PRISCILLA LABARBERA AND JAMES MACLACHLAN - TIME- COMPRESSED SPEECH IN RADIO ADVERTISING - JOURNAL OF MARKETING, JANUARY 1979

Review of psychology literature and three experiments concerning the effectiveness of time-compressed radio commercials. Experiements indicated time-compressed radio commercials Experiments indicated time-compressed commercials (33% faster than normal speed) are more interesting and yield higher recall (66% higher).


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