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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
 - What is radio good for? (1)
 - My background
 - What is radio good for? (2)
 - First impressions of radio (1)
 - Some negative impressions of radio
 - First impressions of radio (2)
 - What is radio good for? (3)
 - Understanding the listener (1)
 - The intimate medium
 - Contemporary radio listening
 - Radio reaches people while doing other things
 - Communication opportunities for advertisers
 - Example commercial
 - Communicating at relevant moments
 - Understanding the listener (2)
 - Why radio is the frequency medium
 - Radio is a spend-time medium
 - How to avoid repetition in radio advertising
 - Understanding the listener (3)
 - Radio is trusted
 - Brands can use radio's "friendship"
 - Understanding the listener (4)
 - Our cluttered media landscape
 - How sound stimulates the brain
 - Sound develops brand memories differently
 - Understanding the listener (5)
 - Attentiveness - zoning, not zapping
 - What makes people zone in or out?
 - What is radio good for? (4)
 - Roles of different media
 - What is radio good at? (1)
 - Advertising avoidance
 - The start of advertising avoidance
 - How do people avoid advertising?
 - Percentage of advertising avoidance by media
 - Radio reaches out to all audiences
 - What is radio good at? (2)
 - Thank you
 
Topics Covered
- Radio is well-known for being a tactically useful medium
 - What role can it play in a strategic media plan?
 - Latest research into communications effectiveness, identifying the true strengths of the medium
 - High level of trust and very low levels of ad avoidance
 
Talk Citation
Ingram, A. (2008, June 11). What is radio good for? Strategic roles for the medium [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 4, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/ELFB5260.Export Citation (RIS)