Underwriting Announcements May

  • Describe your business in a value neutral way
  • Identify services & products
  • Describe your organization’s mission (must conform with station guidelines)
  • Inform the public of events you sponsor
  • Include a corporate slogan: as long as the slogan meets guidelines and is not promotional
  • Include a street address, a web address, or telephone number (time permitting)
  • Indicate the number of years you’ve been in business

Underwriting Announcements May Not Include

  • Qualitative, comparative or superlative language (best, oldest, fastest, Pulitzer Prize, award-winning)
  • A call to action: (call now, visit our store, go to the web, come on down)
  • An inducement to buy, sell, rent or lease
  • Reference to price or value (free, low interest, on sale now, reduced)
  • Personal pronouns (you, yours, we, ours)
  • Endorsements of any kind
  • Contain language advocating political, religious, or social causes

We are happy to tailor on-air announcements to fit your specific needs.