The Iowa Ad Campaign

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Week Two
Monday, December 7
Ad Break #1: Sanders.
Ad Break #2: Toyota, Right to Rise USA, Subway (:15), Traviss Audio/Video, CarX.
Ad Break #3: Iowa Lottery, Chevy, Joseph's (jewelry), Hupy & Abraham (:10), ThePickerKnows.
Ad Break #4: Casey's (:15), Des Moines RV, Rubio (1 min.), Metro Waste Authority, Casey's (:15).
Ad Break #5: Conservative Solutions PAC, Honda, Wizard of Oz (:15), Acuron (herbicide), Sanders.
Ad Break #6: Kum & Go, Traviss Audio/Video, Homemakers, Stivers Ford/Lincoln, Hupy & Abraham (:10).
Ad Break #7: vom Fass (:15), Fireplace Superstore, Wellmark, Iowa 529 Plan, Iowa Central Community College, vom Fass (:15).
Ad Break #8: McDonald's, Wilson Toyota Scion (:15), U.S. Cellular, Younker's, Sheel's, Wilson Toyota Scion (:15).
Ad Break #9: Xtream (:15), Fareway, Thrasher Service, Historic Valley Junction (:15), The Woodsmith Store, Subway (:15), Toyota.
Total: 46 ads totaling 19 min. 25 sec.    5 political ads totaling 3 min.

Tuesday, December 8
Ad Break #1: U.S. Cellular, Ford.
Ad Break #2: Subway (:15), Chevy, Rubio (1 min.), QT. The Woodsmith Store (:15).
Ad Break #3: Toyota, Clinton, Honda, Stivers Ford/Lincoln.
Ad Break #4: Acuron (herbicide), Basement Replacement Experts, Progresso.
Ad Break #5: Casey's (:15), Chevy, Rieman Music, Hope Ministries, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 33, Casey's (:15).
Ad Break #6: Wilson Toyota Scion (:15), CarX, Fareway, Thrasher Service, Wilson Toyota Scion (:15).
Ad Break #7: Boesen (flowers) (:15), Kum & Go, McDonald's, U.S. Cellular, Miracle Whip, Boesen (flowers) (:15).
Ad Break #8: Bath Fitter, Mills Fleet Farm, Toyota, Metro Waste Authority, Iowa Lottery.
Ad Break #9: Wilson Toyota Scion (:15), Wellmark, Traviss Audio/Video, Stivers, Iowa Central Community College, Conservative Solutions PAC, Wilson Toyota Scion (:15).
Total: 44 ads totaling 19 min. 30 sec.    3 political ads totaling 2 min.

Wednesday, December 9
Ad Break #1: People 360 (:15), U.S. Cellular, People 360 (:15).
Ad Break #2: Mills Fleet Farm, Chevy, Clinton, Wellmark, Hope Ministries.
Ad Break #3: Right to Rise USA, Thrasher Service, Wilson Toyota Scion (:15), Redeckers.
Ad Break #4: Chevy, Conservative Solutions PAC, Hardee's, Carson, Dewey Ford.
Ad Break #5: Papa Murphy's (:15), Metro Waste Authority, Joseph's (jeweler's), Autorama RV, Sanders.
Ad Break #6: Casey's (:15), McDonald's, Iowa 529 Plan, Cruz, Casey's (:15).
Ad Break #7: G&L Clothing, The Woodsmith Store, Des Moines RV, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 33, Anderson Erickson.
Ad Break #8: Hope Ministries, Xtream (:15), Traviss Audio/Video, Wellmark, Fareway, Xtream (:15).
Ad Break #9: Salvation Army (:15), Toyota, Bradford Financial Center, U.S. Cellular, Cruz, Stivers Ford/Lincoln, Salvation Army (:15).
Total: 45 ads totaling 19 min. 30 sec.    7 political ads totaling 3 min. 30 sec.

Thursday, December 10
Ad Break #1: Honda, Chevy.
Ad Break #2: Dewey Ford, Homemakers, Wellmark, Xtream, QT.
Ad Break #3: Papa Murphy's (:15), Sanders, Right to Rise USA, Skate South (:15), Fareway.
Ad Break #4: Taco John's (:15), CarX, Rubio (1 min.), Kum & Go, Taco John's (:15).
Ad Break #5: Homemakers, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Autorama RV, Carson, Chevy.
Ad Break #6: Karl Chevrolet, Subway (:15), Thrasher Service, Honda, The Woodsmith Store (:15).
Ad Break #7: Hardee's (:15), Iowa Veterinary Specialties, U.S. Cellular, Anderson Erickson, Kinley's Golf Sales, Hardee's (:15).
Ad Break #8: Fareway, Boesen Florist (:15), Younker's, Toyota, Conservative Solutions PAC, Boesen Florist (:15).
Ad Break #9: Casey's (:15), Chevy, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Hy-Vee, Thrasher Service, Cruz, Casey's (:15).
Total: 46 ads totaling 20 min. 30 sec.     6 political ads totaling 3 min. 30 sec.

Friday, December 11
Ad Break #1: QT, GMC.
Ad Break #2: Redeckers, U.S. Cellular, CarX, Homemakers, Thrasher Service.
Ad Break #3: Casey's (:15), Wellmark, H.B. Leiserowitz (camera store), Casey's (:15), Honda.
Ad Break #4: Wilson Toyota Scion (:15), Clinton, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Chevy, QT, Wilson Toyota Scion (:15).
Ad Break #5: Stivers Ford Lincoln, Rubio (1 min.), The Woodsmith Store, Bob Brown Chevrolet.
Ad Break #6: Des Moines RV, Conservative Solutions PAC, Bath Fitter, Thrasher Service.
Ad Break #7: Subway (:15), Nebraska Furniture Mart, Autorama RV, Kinley's Golf Sales, Freedom Home Health Care.
Ad Break #8: Carson, Bob Brown Chevrolet, Sanders, Younker's, McDonald's.
Ad Break #9: Karl Chevrolet, Xtream, Thrasher Service, Cruz, Anderson Erickson, Dewey Ford.
Total: 42 ads totaling 20 min. 15 sec.    6 political ads totaling 3 min. 30 sec.


Sunday, December 13
Ad Break #1: Ford, QT.
Ad Break #2: Homemakers, The Woodsmith Store, Conservative Solutions PAC, Iowa Lottery.
Ad Break #3: Toyota, Rieman Music, Cruz, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 33 (:15), American Family Insurance (:15).
Ad Break #4: Subway (:15), Sheel's, U.S. Cellular, QT, Maaco (:15).
Ad Break #5: Salvation Army (:15), McDonald's, Xtream, Wilson Toyota Scion (:15), Anderson Erickson, Salvation Army (:15).
Ad Break #6: Iowa Veterinary Specialties, Carson.
Total: 24 ads totaling 10 min. 15 sec.    3 political ads totaling 1 min. 30 sec.



Note: Ad listings above do not include various promos for Fox programming; there is a fair bit of that.