108.5The Knot
Rate Card · Effective this quarter

Put your brand on the smoothest frequency on the coast.

A plainly priced guide for local shops and regional clients. No dynamic insertion, no programmatic, no banner swaps. Reads by the people on the board. Rates quoted in contact talent spots; frequency discounts in back.

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Section One

Who's listening, when.

Arbitron diary, spring book. Cume estimates drawn from the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth metros and verified against our own call-in logs.

— Compiled by the continuity desk

42,000+
Weekly cume

Unique listeners across three markets. Morning drive peaks the figure.

2554
Core demo

Above-index on boat ownership, dockside dining, and discretionary spirits.

168h
Hours on air · wk

Twenty-four by seven. No satellite fill, no automation after midnight.

Daypart share % weekly cume
AM Drive
28%
Midday
22%
PM Drive
25%
Evening
18%
Overnight
7%
Section Two

Advertising formats

Four offerings
01 · Spot

Pre-roll spots

Fifteen or thirty second spots before the stream joins the station. First impression, full attention, no competing audio.

15s / 30s$60 / $90
02 · Read

Live host reads

Hand-written by the host on the air. Delivered in the voice your listeners already trust. Scheduled into the show's natural break.

45s live$140 / read
03 · Segment

Sponsored segment

Present a recurring feature: "The Horizon Report, brought to you by…". Your brand rides the intro, the back-sell, and the weekly repeat.

Weekly · 4 wk min$680 / week
04 · Remote

Event & remote

Live broadcast from your location. On-site banner, on-air mentions through the broadcast, and a taped replay that airs the following week.

Half-day on-site$2,400 / day

Rates exclude production. In-house copy available from our continuity desk at $90 / script (includes one revision).

Book a package

Write us a letter. We'll answer the same week.

Tell us what you make, who it's for, and roughly what you'd like to spend. We'll sketch a schedule and send it back for your mark-up.

Continuity desk
advertising@knot1085.com

Phone(555) 0108

HoursM–F · 9 AM – 5 PM CT

Studio1 Hennepin Ave. Bridge, Minneapolis

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