Herbalife, an early infomercial buyer, this year began traditional TV and radio commercials in a few markets.

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After Dave finished school he worked as a runner at a radio station called CFUN as well as writing radio commercials.

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Wayne was also featured on OPEN American Express small business radio commercials and is currently featured the on-line in OPEN Small Business Forum.

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Mr. Boyle, a freshman senator, said he was aware he was being targeted with a series of radio commercials but said he hadn't been contacted by Mr. Cuomo's office.

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"They outspent the people against the proposal five-to-one on radio and television commercials, " he says.

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By then, I was also hooked to my family's satellite radio account, which was like terrestrial radio without all of those terrible commercials for car dealerships or rug outlets.

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Even more shocking than the ads themselves is the fact that under federal law, radio stations are powerless to refuse to run the commercials or censor them in any way.

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On commercial radio, of course, you'll have to suffer through about the same amount of time in commercials each hour.

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