Media Monitors Releases 2010 Advertising Totals: Determined Dozens

White Plains, NY (January 4, 2011) – Media Monitors, the leader in broadcast and cable monitoring®, released the 2010 Radio, Cable TV and Broadcast TV SPOT TEN® reports showing the leaders in advertising from last year.

Media Monitors took a deeper look into the stats and found the DETERMINED DOZEN of those advertisers in the top 40 of all three media for 2010. The dozen include Geico, McDonald’s, Verizon, Wal-Mart, AT&T, Subway, Ford Lincoln Mercury, Progressive, Toyota, Chase, Wendy’s and Chevrolet were in Radio, TV and Cable.

For exact figures and rank in each media, see data file attached.

Those who appeared in all three media in 2010 – Data by Media Monitors

THE DETERMINED DOZEN OF 2010

AccountParentClassRadio RankRadio Spot Count
GEICOBerkshire Hathaway, Inc.Insurance Providers12,298,351
McDonald’sMcDonald’s CorporationFast Food31,267,093
VerizonVerizon Communications, Inc.Business, Personal & Residntl Phone Svcs41,193,995
Wal-MartWal-Mart Stores, Inc.Discount Department Store7772,087
AT&TAT&T Inc.Business, Personal & Residntl Phone Svcs8687,930
SUBWAYDoctor’s Associates, Inc.Fast Food10563,457
Ford Lincoln MercuryFord Motor CompanyCars & Lt Trucks, Domestic Factory11557,742
ProgressiveProgressive Casualty Insurance Co.Insurance Providers14522,038
ToyotaToyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.Cars & Lt Trucks, Asian Factory17477,259
ChaseJPMorgan Chase & Co.Banks, S&Ls, Credit Unions18438,136
Wendy’sWendy’s-Arby’s Group, Inc.Fast Food22408,652
ChevroletGeneral Motors CorporationCars & Lt Trucks, Domestic Factory36321,654