Radio Advertising in Kolkata

Overview

Kolkata also known as Calcutta is the capital city of West Bengal. It is the largest city of East India having population of more than 14 million including the city’s suburb population. It is the third most popular metropolitan city of India. Being the highly populated city and having an organized public transport most of the people spend their time listening to radio while driving. Tendency of listening to Bengali music also comes in picture when it comes to advertise on local FM radio channels in Kolkata. Advertising in national FM channels in Kolkata is also effective in reaching the migrated population across the city. There are eight popular radio stations in Kolkata which broadcasts all the important updates and all kind of music in Hindi and Gujarati. Apart from it the city also has All India Radio and Vividh Bharati to broadcast local updates. Each station has their own audience capacity depending on the number of listeners. Rates for advertisement on radio channels in Kolkata vary according to their listenership.

The Radio Stations in Kolkata

The Advertising options on Radio Stations of Kolkata

1. FCT (Free Commercial Time): FCT is the primary form of advertising in which time slots are fixed for advertising. The time slots are classified as:
   • Prime Time: The morning drive from 7 AM to 11 AM and evening drive from 5 PM to 10 PM are considered prime time.
   • Non-Prime Time: The afternoon time from 11 AM to 5 PM is considered a non-prime time.
   • RODP: In RODP the whole day is divided into equal time slots in morning, afternoon and evening drives.
   • ROS: In ROS the advertising time is allocated where it seems fit during the entire day.
   • Alternative days: The ad can also be played on alternative days or even skipping two days in between or just on weekends.
   • Multiple jingles: There can be more than one audio creative for advertising.
2. RJ Mentions: The popular RJ of a particular station spends 30-45 seconds talking about your brand.
3. Sponsorship Tags: Sponsorship tags build a brand by associating itself with a radio station’s programme.
4. Time check: Time check helps in building a strong image of your brand. It is best option for long term advertisements.
5. Roadblock: In roadblock the campaign would run exclusively across the specific radio station.
6. Contests: An innovative and interesting radio contests are organised to get best responses from the listeners.
7. Interview: Radio interview is an interactive session which allows the advertisers to express facts and opinions on their brand so the listeners can form their own opinion.
8. Studio Shift: Studio shift is a concept which involves broadcasting a particular show outside the radio station generally at the location selected by advertiser or their office.
9. RJ Visit: In RJ Visit the Popular RJ’s of a specific radio station visits the advertiser’s commercial location.
10. Digital Promotion: All the popular RJ’s are active on social media having fan following in millions, hence they promote the brand on their social media profiles.

The Process to follow

Following is the process to follow to have a successful radio advertising campaign in Kolkata:

1. Share your requirements: Approach our efficient planners and executors and share your requirements for a campaign.
2. Plan the campaign with us: We will assist you in terms of choosing radio stations, right ad format, audience reach, frequency of ads, ad length, campaign duration and time slots to have a successful campaign on-air.
3. Receive the best quotes: We provide lowest assured rates with best services for Radio Stations across India.
4. Get the audio creative produced: Leverage your brand’s creativity with our excellent team and produce the audio creative with us, completely free of cost, if billing exceeds Rs 30,000.
5. Go Live: See your brand hit on-air within a bare minimum timeframe and achieve a grandstanding response.
6. Track a campaign: Receive log reports during the campaign period.
7. Receive proof of execution: Receive Broadcast Certificate after the completion of your campaign.

Time slots to advertise on Radio Stations in Kolkata

Why hire an excellent planner for Radio Advertising in Kolkata?

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We have as many years of experience in media buying, planning and execution and can provide high quality services with comparatively lower rates. Team excellent is a talented and well experienced group of people who provide a focused and to the point assistance to their clients and works with the motive of providing high quality services that combines creativity and value pricing. We had served thousands of clients and helped them in promoting their brands and reach the target audience successfully.

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