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Dear Business Professional:

Why not become an underwriting partner with WYSU-FM 88.5?

Underwriting is the tax-deductible financial support of public radio by businesses, associations, and nonprofit organizations. This financial support is acknowledged on the air with announcements (or "credits") which are customized to the specific business or organization. The frequency, number and scheduling of the announcements depends upon the client's level of financial support.

The WYSU-FM listening community has the potential to be a great target audience for the overall public information and marketing plans of any business or organization. As you will see from our underwriting materials, WYSU-FM offers you an upscale audience of trend-setters and decision makers. Our listeners are choice consumers, savvy business leaders, and influential individuals who are active in their communities. Consider the following statistics:

  • 88% of our listeners are age 35 or older.
  • 75% of our listeners own their homes.
  • 70% of our listeners have a household income of $50K or more.
  • 44% of our listeners hold professional or managerial positions.
  • 66% of our listeners regularly dine in fine restaurants.
  • 29% of our listeners regularly attend live theatre.
  • 82% of our listeners use on-line services.

Moreover, your underwriting message will be heard and not tuned-out by our audience of more than 50,000 weekly listeners. Furthermore, these listeners actively support our underwriting partners, often seeking them out before making a purchasing decision.

I am sure that you will be impressed by the overall value of underwriting with WYSU-FM!

To learn more, you can download either a one page overview of underwriting with WYSU, or our complete underwriter information packet. (Both in Adobe Reader Format). Click here for our current list of underwriters.

Feel free to contact me with any questions which you might have regarding our underwriting program.

In closing, thank you for your time. I very much look forward to hearing from you, and working with you to make WYSU-FM an integral part of both your public information plan and your marketing plan.

Very truly yours:
Ed Goist,
Development Underwriter
330-941-3364
underwriting@wysu.org