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Newstalk palying old ads

  • 15-09-2010 4:31pm
    #1
    neris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,084 ✭✭✭✭


    Has anyone noticed newstalk playing ads that advertise out of date or time events. Ive heard two in the last week. Last week during the ireland andora game they played the ad for the match and telling people to buy tickets etc, last night they advertised for somthing that was on over the weekend. They can be very amateurish at times with their breaks


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  • #2
    FredBloggs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭FredBloggs


    The ad I noticed recently was the one for GAA Cul camps - and the ad is along the lines that the boy in it can't wait until his summer holidays to play gaelic without his Dad - problem was the add was still playing this month after the schools had reopened!
    (To be fair I don't think I heard this on Newstalk but not sure)


  • #3
    lebon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭lebon


    Dude if ya like adverts why dont ya turn on one of the other "professional" stations like today fm or 2fm cuz theyr ALWAYS playing adverts in fact i think thats all they do is play ads !:p


  • #4
    barneygumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭barneygumble


    neris wrote: »
    Has anyone noticed newstalk playing ads that advertise out of date or time events. Ive heard two in the last week. Last week during the ireland andora game they played the ad for the match and telling people to buy tickets etc, last night they advertised for somthing that was on over the weekend. They can be very amateurish at times with their breaks

    This sort of thing happens regularly on Newstalk. I rememnber once they were advertising a seminar at IBM which had happened several days previously.


  • #5
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Possibly not their fault, if the client has paid for a package that happens to go beyond the cut-off for the event in question then they still have to play it.


  • #6
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    Or else they just aren't doing enough advertising business to fill the slots???


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  • #7
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    mike65 wrote: »
    Possibly not their fault, if the client has paid for a package that happens to go beyond the cut-off for the event in question then they still have to play it.

    Are you serious ?


  • #8
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    It could happen and if the ads are paid for then the station is obliged to air them.


  • #9
    barneygumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭barneygumble


    Surely someone at the station should have the gumption to spot that this is happening and work with their customers to prevent it occurring in the future?


  • #10
    The Muppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,006 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    They played the add for TV3 coverage of the United V Rangers game this morning, as if anyone would want to watch that again.:mad:

    It sounds very unprofessional.


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