Radio Facts:
Downtown-based NewsRadio 1020 KDKA has sold the naming rights to the Gateway Center studios in which the radio station has operated for generations to Lexus of North Hills, a Wexford-based car dealership.
CBS Radio, the company that owns KDKA radio along with a hand ful of other local radio stations, expects the sponsorship with give Lexus Å“unprecedented exposure to the Pittsburgh radio audience, according to public release.
The station will broadcast from Lexus of North Hills Studios beginning in March, giving the car dealership an on-air station identification in which its name will be mentioned each hour.
Michael Young, the Pittsburgh Market Manager for CBS Radio, said that radio stations elsewhere have used such sponsorship strategies, but he believes itâ„¢s the first time for KDKA
Lexus buys naming rights to KDKA studios – Pittsburgh Business Times:.
