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Media Kit Q3 2017

More information: [email protected] Public Radio creates smart programs for an incredibly intelligent and affluent audience of over 24.3 million people every month.1

Sponsors reach our audience through marketing messages across many platforms nationwide — on the radio, online, on-demand, and at live events.

BY THE NUMBERS: ON AIR, ONLINE, AND ON THE STREET 1.7 million 28.8 million weekly radio listeners monthly in NYC 2 downloads and on-demand listens 5 8.8 million weekly listeners on 6 2.4 million nationally broadcast monthly app sessions 6 programs 3 140 7.1 million live events at monthly streaming The Greene Space 4 sessions each year

1 NYPR Comprehensive Audience; Nielsen, Act1: Arbitron, Splunk, Triton, Google Analytics 2 Nielsen: JUL - SEP 17, M-Su 6a-12m; P 6+. weekly cume 3 Act 1: Arbitron DMA Nationwide Fall 2017 4 Triton Digital, JUL - SEP 17, all NYPR streams 5 Splunk, Total Unique Downloads JUL - SEP 17 6 Google Analytics, JUL - SEP 17 OUR PROPERTIES

ABOUT PLATFORMS WEEKLY RADIO LISTENERS WNYC Radio brings a wide range of AM, FM, , 1 , cultural, and music programs to Streaming, Display, educated, affluent, and culturally active 1,095,700 On-Demand audiences across the nation.

ABOUT PLATFORMS WEEKLY RADIO LISTENERS WQXR is the nation’s most listened-to FM, Streaming, Display, 1 classical station and New York’s only On-Demand 590,900 all-classical music station.

ABOUT PLATFORMS WEEKLY RADIO LISTENERS Public Radio broadcasts FM, Streaming, Display 2 the best of WNYC plus local news and 55,600 coverage for northern New Jersey and beyond.

ABOUT PLATFORMS ANNUAL LIVE EVENTS The Jerome L. Greene performance Events, Display, space hosts intimate live events, Video stream 140 engaging ’s audience in an exclusive venue in SoHo.

1 Nielsen: APR - JUN 17 M-Su 6a-12m; P 6+. weekly cume 2 Radio Research Consortium: Nielsen Audio Spring 2016; M-Su 6a-12m P12+ Our audiences love us and extend that love “The cynic says that underwriting to our sponsors, creating a “halo effect.” WNYC is like any other advertising. We know otherwise . . . While we do a broad range of advertising, only the customers we get through WNYC 76% thank us for our contribution.” have a more positive opinion of a company that supports public radio1 —Richard Demenus, Owner, Tekserve 65% prefer to buy from companies that “NY Public Radio has been the perfect underwriting partner for Carnegie 1 support public radio Hall. I am confident that we share an important target audience, and their radio and web-based platforms are a great way to reach this audience with our message.” Sponsorship Opportunities ­—Naomi Grabel, Carnegie Hall WNYC WQXR WNYC STUDIOS

ON AIR ANNOUNCEMENTS ON AIR ANNOUNCEMENTS PRE-ROLL 15 second sponsorship 15 or 30 second 15 seconds, plays before credit sponsorship credits content begins

ANNOUNCEMENT LIMIT ANNOUNCEMENT LIMIT MID-ROLL 3.75 minutes per hour 4.00 minutes per hour 30 seconds, plays in the middle of content DISPLAY DISPLAY 300x250, 300x600 300x250, 300x600 DISPLAY and Expandable and Expandable 300x50 (app) Leaderboard ad units Leaderboard ad units

FOCUSED ATTENTION

Compared to commercial radio, our audience experiences clutter-free listening and engagement.

Your message on WNYC/WQXR is clear, concise & read by distinctive voices. No other station in the market can boast that exclusive environment.

1 Lightspeed Research NPR Sponsorship Survey, 2017 WNYC is New York’s premiere public radio WEEKLY RADIO CUME station, reaching the largest public radio audience 1,095,7001 in the country and producing beloved programs like and The Show. WEEKLY RADIO TIME SPENT LISTENING 3.5 hours1 The station creates a wide range of award-winning news, cultural and music programs for educated, affluent, and culturally active audiences in New York, and MONTHLY STREAMING SESSIONS across the nation. Reaching millions of discerning listeners each week, original 2 content is available via radio, online, and mobile platforms. 5.8 million

MONTHLY PODCAST DOWNLOADS 28.8 million3

PLATFORMS: Radio, On-Demand, Display, App, and Live Events MONTHLY UNIQUES MONTHLY MOBILE 4 1,263,000 PAGEVIEWS 5 WNYC Listeners are more:7 4,301,000 (BY INDEX) MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER PAGEVIEWS SUBSCRIBERS EDUCATED & INFORMED 6,492,0004 387,0006 bachelors degree 131 post graduate degree 214

AFFLUENT personal income $250k+ 171 investments $1m+ 198

PROFESSIONAL company president 325 vice president 213 board member 187

CULTURED 3+ museum visits per year 207 3+ symphony per year 304 culteral vacation 149 market average 100

1 Nielsen: JUL - SEP 17 M-Su 6a-12m; P 6+ 2 Triton: JUL - SEP 17, Live Session Starts WNYC 3 via Splunk: JUL - SEP 17, Total Unique Downloads 4 Google Analytics: JUL - SEP 17, Desktop and Mobile 5 Google Analytics: JUL - SEP 17, Mobile Web and App 6 Mailchimp: JUL - SEP 17, Daily Brief & This Week on WNYC 7 Scarborough R1 2017: APR 16 - FEB 17 (Rev. 1) P18+

WEEKDAY PROGRAMS

Morning Edition For nearly three decades, has prepared listeners for the day ahead with up-to-the-minute news, commentary, 5 am – 9 am and coverage of arts and sports. With nearly 14 million listeners, with Marketplace Morning Editions draws public radio’s largest audience. Morning Reports at 6:50 and 8:50 am One of the most respected news magazines in the world, Morning PLATFORMS Edition airs Monday through Friday on more than 660 NPR stations Broadcast, Stream across the U.S.

Note To Self Putting heart and the human experience into tech coverage, WNYC’s Note To Self with Manoush Zomorodi investigates what 5:50 & 7:50 am, all the data, constant connectivity, and perpetual “upgrades” really Wednesdays mean for daily life. PLATFORMS Broadcast, On-Demand, Podcast, Stream

Brian Lehrer The Brian Lehrer Show covers politics and life, locally and globally. Guests range from politicians such as and 10 am – 12 pm John McCain to cultural figures such as Sarah Jessica Parker to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and middle PLATFORMS school students. Broadcast, On-Demand, Podcast, Stream Lehrer has won a Peabody Award and four Associated Press New York Broadcasters “Best Interview” Awards since 2000.

Leonard Lopate welcomes poets, painters, politicians, novelists, dancers, Nobel and Pulitzer winners, filmmakers and actors to talk 12 pm – 2 pm about their work each afternoon on WNYC’s acclaimed arts and culture interview program. PLATFORMS Broadcast, On-Demand, The Leonard Lopate Show has been the proud recipient of three Podcast, Stream James Beard Awards and three Associated Press Awards.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio’s 2 pm – 3 pm most popular programs. Each week, nearly 4.5 million people listen Monday - Thursday to the show’s intimate conversations broadcast on more than 450 NPR stations across the country. PLATFORMS Broadcast, Stream Fresh Air’s Peabody Award citation credits the program with “probing questions, revelatory interviews and unusual insights.”

Please visit .org/schedule for a fully detailed schedule WEEKDAY PROGRAMS

The Takeaway is a national program that invites listeners to be part of the American conversation. delivers news and 3 pm – 4 pm analysis and helps listeners prepare for the day ahead.

PLATFORMS Broadcast, On-Demand, Stream

All Things Every weekday, hosts , Michele Considered Norris and Melissa Block present the program’s trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. 4 pm – 6:30 pm The program rings with the disparate voices of its commentators, and 7 pm – 8 pm from tech guru Omar Gallaga to poet Andrei Codrescu to political PLATFORMS columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne. Broadcast, Stream

Marketplace The most popular business program on radio or television, Marketplace with host Kai Ryssdal is “the business show for the rest 6:30 pm – 7 pm of us.” Every week, Marketplace programs reach an unduplicated audience of more than 8 million listeners with a fresh sound that PLATFORMS covers listeners’ interests from wallet to . Broadcast, Stream

Please visit wnyc.org/schedule for a fully detailed schedule NATIONAL PROGRAMS

WEEKLY RADIO AUDIENCE Radiolab believes your ears are a portal to another world in which 1.8 million listeners1 sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience. 585 radio stations

PODCAST DOWNLOADS PLATFORMS 7.1 million monthly2 Broadcast, Bi-Weekly Podcast, Stream, Display

PODCAST DOWNLOADS Radio: what the hidden side of everything sounds 8.2 million monthly2 like. Stephen Dubner, author of Freakonomics, extends his unique brand of storytelling and quirky investigation to public radio. 151 radio stations

WEEKLY RADIO AUDIENCE PLATFORMS 751,400 listeners1 Weekly Podcast, Broadcast

WEEKLY RADIO AUDIENCE is the smartest and wittiest media analysis show 1.3 million listeners1 in the universe. The Peabody-award winning show examines technology, free speech, and political narratives in the media. 407 radio stations

PODCAST DOWNLOADS PLATFORMS 1.8 million monthly2 Broadcast, Twice Weekly Podcast, Stream, Display

WEEKLY RADIO AUDIENCE The daily mid-day news program that invites listeners to be part 3 million listeners1 of the American conversation. The Takeaway digs beneath the headlines to answer tough questions facing the world today. 267 radio stations

PODCAST DOWNLOADS PLATFORMS 250,000 monthly2 Broadcast, Daily Podcast, Stream

WEEKLY RADIO AUDIENCE It’s storytelling, with a beat. Host Glynn Washington assembles 1.2 million listeners1 the nation’s best storytellers to bring true tales of underwater cave divers, rags-to-riches musicians, and Alaskan dogsled racers. 394 radio stations

PODCAST DOWNLOADS PLATFORMS 1.6 million monthly2 Broadcast, Weekly Podcast, Stream

PODCAST DOWNLOADS Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the 2.6 million monthly2 magazine’s editor, , and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. 194 radio stations

WEEKLY RADIO AUDIENCE PLATFORMS 801,400 listeners1 Broadcast, Weekly Podcast

1 Act 1: Arbitron DMA Fall Nationwide 2017, Weekly Cume 2 Splunk, JUL - SEP 17, Total Unique Downloads NATIONAL PROGRAMS

PODCAST DOWNLOADS Death, Sex & Money is a podcast about the big questions and hard 1.3 million monthly1 choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Host Anna Sale talks to celebrities you’ve heard of—and regular people you haven’t.

PLATFORMS Bi-Weekly Podcast

PODCAST DOWNLOADS Here’s The Thing with hosts intimate conversations 875,000 monthly1 with artists, policy makers and performers like Lena Dunham, David Letterman, and Julie Andrews.

PLATFORMS Bi-Weekly Podcast

PODCAST DOWNLOADS Note To Self with Manoush Zomorodi investigates what all the 860,000 monthly1 data, constant connectivity, and perpetual “upgrades” really mean for daily life.

PLATFORMS Weekly Podcast, Broadcast, Stream

PODCAST DOWNLOADS Radiolab’s first ever spin-off series, More Perfect, dives into the 1.1 million monthly1 world of the Supreme Court to explain how cases deliberated inside hallowed halls affect lives far away from the bench.

PLATFORMS Bi-Weekly Podcast, Seasons

PODCAST DOWNLOADS and Jessica Williams are the hosts the hottest 1.4 million monthly1 stand up comedy podcast, 2 Dope . The podcast features the best undiscovered and established comedy talent in the game.

PLATFORMS Weekly Podcast, Seasons

LAUNCHED SEP 2017 Join , the former U.S. Attorney who fought corruption, financial fraud and violent crime, in a series about justice and fairness.

PLATFORMS Weekly Podcast, Seasons

1 Splunk, JUL - SEP 17, Total Unique Downloads WQXR is the nation’s most listened-to classical WEEKLY RADIO CUME station and New York’s only all-classical music 1 station. 590,900

WEEKLY RADIO TIME SPENT LISTENING Elevate Your Brand 1 WQXR is instrumental in making classical music riches accessible to New Yorkers 3.25 hours and the world. Expand your reach with high-quality, award- winning program- MONTHLY STREAMING SESSIONS ming on air, online, and in person with broadcast events from Carnegie Hall, 2 Lincoln Center, and New York Public Radio’s Greene Space. 1.75 million

MONTHLY PODCAST DOWNLOADS 40,5003 PLATFORMS: Broadcast, On-Demand, Display, Mobile App, Live Events

MONTHLY UNIQUES MOBILE 4 269,000 PAGEVIEWS 775,0004 WQXR Listeners are more:6 MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER EDUCATED & INFORMED PAGEVIEWS SUBSCRIBERS post graduate degree 181 1.8 million4 56,0005 educational vacation 173

AFFLUENT investments $1m+ 238 owned home value $2m+ 330 uses financial planner 187

PROFESSIONAL president 297 board member 198 owner/partner 148

CULTURED 3+ museum visits per year 257 3+ symphony per year 531 3+ opera visits per year 507

market average 100

1 Nielsen: JUL - SEP 17 M-Su 6a-12m; P 6+ 2 Triton: JUL - SEP 17, Live Session Starts WQXR Streams 3 Splunk: JUL - SEP 17, Total Unique Downloads 4 Google Analytics: JUL - SEP 17, Desktop and Mobile 5 Mailchimp: JUL - SEP 17 6 Scarborough R1 2017: APR 16 - FEB 17 (Rev. 1) P18+

WEEKDAY SCHEDULE

Jeff Spurgeon Jeff Spurgeon has been the morning host of WQXR since 2006. He joined WQXR in 1997 and during his 30-year career in radio, 5:30 - 10 am Spurgeon has been an announcer, reporter, newscaster, interviewer and producer. PLATFORMS Broadcast, Stream In addition to hosting Around Broadway each Wednesday with Charles Isherwood of , Spurgeon hosts remote broadcasts in New York City and internationally.

Annie Bergen Annie Bergen is the midday host on WQXR. Bergen’s reports on film, music, theater, books and art have won several awards, 10 am – 3 pm including an “Outstanding Feature Story” award from the NYSBA. She has interviewed more than 300 arts personalities and is now PLATFORMS featured on various WQXR programs. Broadcast, Stream

Elliott Forrest Elliott Forrest is a daytime host on WQXR. Since his return to WQXR in 2002, he has hosted and produced live events from 3 pm – 7 pm Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl and The Jerome L. Greene Space, among others. Forrest is the recipient of a George PLATFORMS Foster Peabody Award, and two Excellence in Broadcasting Awards Broadcast, Stream from the New York State Broadcasters Association.

Terrance McKnight Terrance McKnight is the WQXR weekday evening host. He 7 pm – 11 pm also hosts the Saturday evening program, All Ears with Terrance McKnight, a show about musical discovery, which was honored with an ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2010. PLATFORMS Broadcast, Stream DIGITAL STREAMS

MONTHLY STREAM WQXR’s Q2 music is a 24-hr digital stream devoted to the music SESSIONS of living composers like Philip Glass and Jonny Greenwood. It’s a 55,7001 home for immersive festivals, webcasts, and on-demand concerts.

PLATFORMS Stream, E-Newsletter, Display

MONTHLY STREAM Operavore is WQXR’s digital 24/7 audio stream, blog, and weekly SESSIONS radio show for opera lovers. The stream features a continuous mix 71,9001 of classic and contemporary opera recordings.

PLATFORMS Stream, Display, Broadcast

MONTHLY STREAM The Jonathan Channel is a 24-hr stream that provides an SESSIONS unparalleled showcase for the Great American Songbook, featuring 145,2001 artists like Frank Sinatra and Stephen Sondheim.

PLATFORMS Stream, Display

1 Triton, JUL - SEP 17, Session Starts ANNUAL ATTENDEES The Jerome L. Greene Space is home to essential conversations, intimate performances, live from 15,775

New York and heard everywhere on WNYC and ANNUAL EVENTS WQXR. Our eclectic programing includes live 140 broadcasts of WNYC’s shows, classical concerts from WQXR, live tapings of the best podcasts in VIDEO VIEWS public media and beyond and original series like 4.5 million 44 Charlton, How I Got Over and Political Party with Keli Goff.

RECENT GUESTS

Kevin Bacon Joshua Bell Lynn Norton Robert Battle PLATFORMS EVENT SERIES Kristin Davis Chris Hayes Live events take place on the stage in ▪▪ Live from WNYC Studios Podcast Janet Mock Daniel Barenboim the heart of SoHo and reach millions Tapings Neil deGrasse Tyson Jessica Williams through live video steam. ▪▪ WNYC Newsroom Christine Ebersole Rosie Perez ▪▪ WQXR Concerts Pilobolus John Turturro Select events are also broadcast live, ▪▪ How I Got Over Conversation Series Mo Rocca Ethan Hawke taped for broadcast. on Race and Language Anna Netrebko Ian McKellen ▪▪ 44 Charlton: A Variety Show Hosted by Julian Fleisher ▪▪ WQXR Presents Midday Masterpieces ▪▪ Icons & Innovators with Susan Fales-Hill ▪▪ Encores! Unscripted