What are the benefits of being a sponsor?
Statewide access to individuals who are visually-impaired or print-impaired.
Exposure to community partners and state and local agencies.
Recognition on the garrs.org website.
On-air promotions and credit on GaRRS social media sites.
Who is GaRRS' audience?
GaRRS has over 16,000 listeners across the state of Georgia. Our listening audience is diverse from students to retirees and from all walks of life.
Over 200 volunteers read our programming including teachers, attorneys, librarians, and retirees from almost every industry.
GaRRS collaborates with many nonprofit partners at the local, state, and national level.
Interested in becoming a GaRRS sponsor?
Take a look at our different sponsorship packages below, and feel free to contact rarayan@garrs.org for more information.
Program Sponsorship
PACKAGE A: SPONSOR A SERVICE PROGRAM
GaRRS' Service Programs connect listeners with valuable information concerning their disability, available resources, and service providers across the state. These programs are specially-produced to offer information and connections in Georgia to the print-disabled community. Programs include Eye on Blindness, At Your Service, Out & About, Career Corner, PAS digest, Accessibility Catalogs, and Research Watch.
2 produced, 15 second sponsorship announcements per show
Mention of sponsorship in program's produced promo, airs 3 times/day, 7 days/week
Logo and direct link on the program's webpage
Total mentions per week: 25
Weekly rate: $30
PACKAGE B: THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
The Atlanta Journal Constitution is GaRRS' most popular program and is read live daily by our dedicated volunteers each weekday morning from 6:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. The program is then rebroadcast each evening from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. We also read the AJC on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and Sundays from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Reach the most listeners across the metro Atlanta area by sponsoring the AJC program.
2 live, on-air sponsorship announcement per show
Weekly rate: $200
PACKAGE C: SPONSOR A LOCAL NEWS PROGRAM, BOOK HOUR, OR MAGAZINE
GaRRS local news programs feature programming from across Georgia including county and neighborhood newspapers during our community news program. A great opportunity to reach out to listeners in specific geographic area. Or sponsor one of our magazine programs such as Atlanta Events, Retail Ads, Kid's Hour, Newsweek, or Oprah.
Weekly rate: $15/hour
Underwriting spots are pre-recorded on-air spots that include company name, location, goods and/or services provided and contact information.
PACKAGE A
6 spots per day airing between 6 a.m. and midnight for a period of 26 weeks
1,092 total spots
$0.50 per spot
4 spots per day airing between 6am and midnight for a period of 15 weeks
728 total spots
"I certainly do enjoy listening to my local newspaper. It keeps me in touch with my local community and plugged in to the world outside my doorstep."
--GaRRS Listener