BP Slows The Advertising – Plugs The Leak

White Plains, NY (July 21, 2010) – Monitors, the leader in broadcast and cable monitoring, released the figures for advertising that BP has run on Radio, TV and Cable that we monitor since April 20, 2010. We include the dollars spent (AdRev®) on radio for each week during the analysis.

It appears that things are slowing down with the BP ads. Radio dropped from 2,529 to 2,173 ads, while TV also decreased from 2,284 for the week down to 1,733 commercials. Cable slipped to 1,960 spots from 3,316 the week before.

BPRadioTVCable3 Media TotalRadio AdRev ®
4/20-4/2629347999914724$130,914
4/27-5/03151622$464
5/04-5/10921396$3,012
5/11-5/1791111$689
5/18-5/24771482$3,737
5/25-5/3155510556$20,032
6/01-6/07440102017123172$17,254
6/08-6/141459146416394562$84,148
6/15-6/211820224613675433$163,326
6/22-6/282251268617636700$185,502
6/29-7/052608232127157644$171,421
7/06-7/122529228433168129$157,497
7/13-7/192173173319605866$107,300
Grand Total16962145581547746997$1,045,296

According to Media Monitors AdRev® the total amount spent since April 20, 2010 by BP on radio has been $1,045,296.

BP RADIO ADS BY MARKET (Top Twenty)

BP Radio Markets for the Week of 7/13-7/19 2010# Spots
Tampa-St. Petersburg174
Cincinnati161
Cleveland148
Pittsburgh129
St. Louis122
Ft. Myers-Naples120
Akron103
Toledo93
Washington, DC83
Miami71
Orlando68
Dayton56
Greensboro49
West Palm Beach45
Atlanta35
New Orleans35
Baton Rouge31
Memphis31
Detroit30
Raleigh-Durham28

BP TV ADS BY MARKET (Top Twenty)

BP TV Markets for the Week of 7/13-7/19 2010# Spots
Washington, DC77
Boston57
Tampa-St. Petersburg56
New Orleans52
Miami40
Cleveland40
Dayton40
Cincinnati40
Nassau-Suffolk40
Charlotte40
New York40
Raleigh-Durham40
West Palm Beach40
Hartford40
Providence40
Philadelphia40
Milwaukee40
Chicago40
San Antonio40
Nashville40