The Price Index
Every Connecticut Ad Rate, In One Table.
180 priced line items from 60 sellers: billboards, radio, television, streaming, magazines, search, social and sponsorships. Every figure sourced and dated. Free to search, free to download, free to cite.
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The Index
Search It, Sort It, Take It.
Filter by channel, search any term, and sort by price to see what the cheapest real entry point into each medium actually is. Every seller name links to the full page behind that number.
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Showing 1 to 25 of 180 priced line items, from a library of 180 across 60 sellers.
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| What You Buy | Seller | Starting Cost | What It Is | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poster, State Routes | AdQuick | from $329/4 wks | The cheapest listed boards in the Hartford market | AdQuick published board listings and market data (adquick.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Bulletin, Interstate | AdQuick | from $1,200/mo | Listed highway boards, bookable online | AdQuick published board listings and market data (adquick.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Programmatic Digital | AdQuick | from $500/campaign | Digital board time bought like online ads | AdQuick published board listings and market data (adquick.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Sponsored TV | Amazon Ads | from $10/day | Practical starting budget, no platform minimum | Amazon Ads published materials (advertising.amazon.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Cost per Thousand Views | Amazon Ads | from $20/CPM | Published CTV benchmarks, $20 to $60 by targeting | Amazon Ads published materials (advertising.amazon.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Prime Video Managed Buys | Amazon Ads | from $10,000/campaign | Premium show adjacency through managed sales | Amazon Ads published materials (advertising.amazon.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Off-Peak Spot | Audacy Hartford | from $40/spot | Middays and evenings across the cluster's FMs | FCC public inspection files, political rates (publicfiles.fcc.gov)Verified August 2026 |
| Drive-Time Spot | Audacy Hartford | from $75/spot | The 6 to 10am and 3 to 7pm commute blocks | FCC public inspection files, political rates (publicfiles.fcc.gov)Verified August 2026 |
| Weekly Schedule | Audacy Hartford | from $300/wk | 15 to 20 spots across the cluster, enough to stick | FCC public inspection files, political rates (publicfiles.fcc.gov)Verified August 2026 |
| Bulletin, I-95 Corridor | Barrett Outdoor | from $1,200/mo | 14x48 boards in the Bridgeport-Milford crawl | Barrett Outdoor published company materials (barrettoutdoor.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Premium I-95 Location | Barrett Outdoor | from $2,000/mo | The Gold Coast run, where boards earn their keep | Barrett Outdoor published company materials (barrettoutdoor.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Digital Slots | Barrett Outdoor | from $2,500/mo | Rotating 8-second slots on Barrett's digital faces | Barrett Outdoor published company materials (barrettoutdoor.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Standard Placement | Best Version Media | from $200/mo | A page-share in one town's monthly, annual term | Published advertiser reports on BVM pricingVerified August 2026 |
| Full Page | Best Version Media | from $400/mo | The full canvas in your neighbors' mailbox | Published advertiser reports on BVM pricingVerified August 2026 |
| Category Exclusivity | Best Version Media | from $300/mo | The only business of your kind in the book | Published advertiser reports on BVM pricingVerified August 2026 |
| Single Play | Blip Billboards | from $0.05/play | 7.5 to 10 seconds on one digital board | Blip Billboards published auction pricing (blipbillboards.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Daily Budget, One Board | Blip Billboards | from $20/day | A visible presence through the whole day | Blip Billboards published auction pricing (blipbillboards.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Steady Month | Blip Billboards | from $500/mo | Daily presence on one board, cancel anytime | Blip Billboards published auction pricing (blipbillboards.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Backlit Diorama | Bradley International Airport | from $1,500/mo | The classic lightbox in concourse foot traffic | Departure Media BDL program announcement (departure-media.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Digital Network Slots | Bradley International Airport | from $2,000/mo | Rotating spots across terminal screens | Departure Media BDL program announcement (departure-media.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Sponsorship Zones | Bradley International Airport | from $5,000/mo | Jet bridges, charging areas, baggage claim takeovers | Departure Media BDL program announcement (departure-media.com)Verified August 2026 |
| Entry Partnership | Bridgeport Islanders | from $2,000/season | Concourse, program and PA presence | AHL attendance recordsVerified August 2026 |
| Dasher Board | Bridgeport Islanders | from $4,000/season | Rink-side signage for 36 home games | AHL attendance recordsVerified August 2026 |
| Promo Night | Bridgeport Islanders | from $3,000/event | A giveaway night with your brand on it | AHL attendance recordsVerified August 2026 |
| Partnership, Small Town | City Lifestyle | from $500/mo | Twelve months of pages in one town's book | City Lifestyle published franchise model (citylifestyle.com)Verified August 2026 |
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Methodology
Government filings first, published cards second, reported spend last.
Broadcast rates are checked against the FCC political files, which every station in the country must publish and which show what real advertisers paid in recent weeks. Transit and municipal inventory comes from the rate cards those authorities publish themselves. Print and sponsorship figures come from current media kits, and platform costs from the platforms’ own documentation and reported benchmarks.
Where a rate could not be verified from a primary source, it is built from reported advertiser spending in the same market and labelled as such on the seller’s page. Nothing here is estimated from national averages and applied to Connecticut.
180 priced line items, each carrying its own source and verification date.
Updated continuously
Questions
About This Data.
Where do these prices come from?
Published rate cards and media kits, the FCC political files that every broadcast station must publish, transit and municipal rate cards, platform documentation, and reported advertiser spending. Each seller page lists its own sources and the month the figures were last checked.
Are these quotes?
No. Every figure is a researched starting cost, written as a 'from' price. Media owners set the actual number, and it moves with availability, season, placement, flight length and negotiation. Use these to know whether a quote is reasonable, not to hold anyone to a price.
Can I use this data?
Yes, free, including commercially, under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Credit AdvertisingCT.com and link back. Journalists, researchers and media owners are all welcome to it, and we will happily answer questions about methodology.
How often is it updated?
Rates are re-verified continuously and every change is logged publicly on our updates page with the date and reason, including corrections. If you spot a number that has moved, send it to us with a source and we will check it.
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