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Ciresi and Franken approaching $500 thousand in TV advertising

Posted at 5:12 PM on January 23, 2008 by Tom Scheck

Senate hopefuls Al Franken and Mike Ciresi have bought $448,610 worth of ad time on Twin Cities TV stations. As you already know, the two Democrats started running ads earlier this month. Here are the details:

Franken buy KSTP - 57 spots at a cost of $38,975 WCCO - 111 spots at a cost of 109,800 KARE - 79 spots at a cost of $82,100 FOX9 - 20 spots at a cost of $16,900 Total buy: 267 spots at a cost of $247,775

Ciresi buy
WCCO - 238 spots at a cost of $122,700
KARE - 195 spots at a cost of $75,135
Fox9 - 4 spots at a cost of $3,000


Total buy: 437 spots at a cost of $200,835

The spots are scheduled to run through 2/5. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman has not inquired about buying ad time.

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