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I was driving in the car with a friend, listening to a music radio station. The station cut to a Verizon Commercial. In the middle of the verizon radio commercial; on the right hand side of the road, was a Verizon Store.
Coincidence or Conspiracy Theory
Is it possible that my friend's car was 'Radio Targeted' with a verizon commercial as we passed by the verizon store???
2007-07-24 17:17:10 · 4 answers · asked by DJ 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing ➔ Other - Advertising & Marketing
On the realistic side: coincidence
On the scientific/technical side: it's possible to do that, but the Verizon store would have to have an FM transmitter so they could transmit to your radio as you drive by. The problem is that it would have to be powerful enough to overcome the signal from the original station. I'm 99.9% positive that this would be illegal unless they had something going on with the radio station?
Either way I really doubt this was "Radio Targeting"
2007-07-24 17:26:02 · answer #1 · answered by anebrich 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is a company that makes special devices that are usually attached to billboards, but they can locally transmit information to you on radio frequencies by determining the station you are listening to (the station you are tuned to will give off a signature read by their sensor). I read this article a few years ago about this technology. I don't know where it is right now.
2007-07-25 00:29:01 · answer #2 · answered by FM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're being paranoid. It's theoretically possible, but very expensive. VERY expensive!
2007-07-25 08:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Complete coincidence.
(We're far from "Minority Report" kind of marketing.)
:)
2007-07-25 17:55:47 · answer #4 · answered by Darling J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋