With
available sponsorships selling fast, CRS 41 will be
the hottest showplace for your company, product or
artist.
This page showcases sponsorships that will provide
the highest profile for you at CRS 41. If you can't find a
sponsorship that fits your needs, please don't hesitate
to call me, Sharon Allen, at 615.329.2615. Together,
we can create an unforgettable promotion that will
leave attendees
buzzing. I look forward to working with you!
Sharon Allen
Director of Sponsorship Sales
615.329.2615
sharon@crb.org
Available Sponsorships:
You supply the artist(s), we’ll supply the venue and CRS attendees. You no longer have to take your artist(s) all over the country for radio tours…you can do it all in one central location…CRS 41!
ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE
• Wednesday after Music City Jam 4:00 pm • Investment: $8,500.00
• Thursday after 7:00 pm • Investment: $8,500.00
• Friday after 10:30 pm • Investment: $7,500.00
Rooms (209-210)
• Wednesday after Music City Jam 4:00 pm • Investment: $5,000.00
• Thursday after 7:00 pm • Investment: $5,000.00
• Friday after 10:30 pm • Investment: $4,500.00
Room (206)
• Wednesday after Music City Jam 4:00 pm • Investment: $3,500.00
• Thursday after 7:00 pm • Investment: $3,500.00
• Friday after 10:30 pm • Investment: $3,000.00
An acoustic showcase located in the Renaissance Hotel Great Room Lounge
Book your after-hours event at the Nashville Convention Center, The Renaissance Hotel or at a venue off-site and CRB will help you promote it in the Agenda Guide, on the CRB Website, on the After Hours flyers and on the After Hours signs placed in the lobbies of the NCC and Renaissance Hotel.
CADILLAC RANCH SHOWCASE Thursday evening is BIG at CRS! It’s the perfect time to promote your company and your artist(s) with a multi-artist showcase at Cadillac Ranch (on Broadway in downtown Nashville). The evening commences at 7:00 pm with VIP seating for CRS attendees.
Your artist(s) get approximately 10 minutes to showcase between sessions. As CRS attendees break from one session/panel to the other you can grab their attention with star power.
Lunchtime provides your company with an opportunity to put your best foot forward. Introduce your artist(s) to this year’s attendees with a performance in the Performance Hall. CRS Lunches are one of the best attended functions at the seminar.
• Be the exclusive sponsor of the Wednesday Lunch.SOLD
• Be the exclusive sponsor of the Thursday Lunch.SOLD
• Be the exclusive sponsor of the Friday Lunch. SOLD
Brand the New Faces Cocktail Reception with your banners, drink coupons will have your logo printed on them and you may showcase your artist(s) right before the CRS grand finale, the New Faces Show.
Your artist, up-front, first thing! One song during the Welcome Ceremonies. You may also place promotional items on the seats for the Welcome Ceremonies.
(Click Here For Detailed Form)
Place your ad in the Agenda Guide. Attendees will glance through the guide several times each day to find out when and where they need to be during CRS 41. Note: Attendees keep the Agenda Guides throughout the year to reference exhibitor’s phone numbers and addresses.
Brand the Radio Promotion Handbook with your company logo on the front cover and a back cover ad. Each year the CRB solicits entries in our annual competition for the best radio promotion ideas. Each year we select three winners: Large, Medium and Small Market. Then we summarize all of the promotions submitted and print them in the Radio Promotion Handbook which is stuffed into each attendee bag at CRS. This item will be used year-round at radio stations all across the country.
Brand the Tri-fold agenda with your company logo and message. You know how it is when you go from panel to panel during CRS…going light is better. Each CRS attendee will be carrying the Tri-Fold Agenda in their purse and/or shirt pocket. It’s just the right size…and attendees always know where they need to be.
This is an opportunity to produce The Daily Buzz, which chronicles all the happenings at CRS and is delivered to attendees each morning in the first panel/session and is available at the CRS Registration desks throughout the day. It’s a perfect branding opportunity for your publication.
Who logs on to the CRB website? Everyone! It’s how your register for CRS. It’s where you learn about CRB, nominate your pick for various CRB Awards, and keep up with what’s happening in the Country Radio & Music Industries.
Your company’s full color logo on the attendee badges. Production costs included.
Your company’s full color logo on the attendee bags. For maximum exposure during and after CRS.
You will enjoy recognition throughout CRS with your company’s logo on the lanyards.
The official CRS Attendee Bag is a bag that will be provided to all CRS attendees. Your company can place a promotional item or brochure (approved by CRB) for all attendees to see and take home with them.
)
All banner locations are available on a first-come, first-served basis. All banners must be approved by Country Radio Broadcasters and are required to be hung by approved staff only.
Escalator Arches provide your company with an opportunity to promote itself for three consecutive days at the highest traffic area in the Nashville Convention Center. This includes TV’s and DVDs (does not include artwork).
Dominate the Renaissance Hotel lobby with your company and/or artist(s) message. There are only two floors available -- 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd.
Put your message on the floor of the Nashville Convention Center where everyone will have to look before they step. This is a great innovative way to get noticed.
Be the focus of attention with a Promotional Kiosk. These kiosks stand 8’ with three blank sides that can be customized with your company message, logo, or information. They will be prominently positioned in the NCC throughout the three days of CRS (price does not include artwork).
Your logo will be the first thing CRS attendees step on as they enter the Renaissance Lobby and the CRS Registration area. The logo gobo will be seen Tuesday through Friday.
SOLD
As CRS 41 attendees drive up to the Renaissance Hotel and NCC to register…there’s your banner! Placement is on both sides of the bridge (connecting the Renaissance Hotel and the parking garage) on Commerce Street… it’s the first thing they’ll see, it remains visible throughout CRS and it’s the last banner they’ll see as they leave.
• NCC: You’ll have many location opportunities for your over-sized banner(s). Your company’s message can be big and bold and out front.
• The Renaissance Hotel Lobby: one of the highest traffic areas during CRS. Place your banner on the overhead beam to be seen over and over again during CRS.
The Nashville Convention Center allows many location opportunities for your company’s big and bold statement. It serves as a constant reminder for CRS attendees.
I
There are 32 windows along the pedway between the Renaissance Hotel and the Nashville Convention Center. CRS attendees pass through the pedway dozens of times a day. Your message…in multiples…creates a huge impact.
Wanna get noticed at CRS? Place a banner in the Nashville Convention Center Stairwell. Everybody atCRS passes there at least a dozen times a day!
There is no banner more impressive than the Cube! It’s hung from the ceiling beams directly over the center of the Nashville Convention Center stairwell. You have four sides to work with…use a different artist for each side if you want. It’s incredible!
Stand alone banners/signs can be placed almost anywhere in the hallways of the Renaissance Hotel and the Nashville Convention Center…then you can take them with you and use them over and over again.
Place your banner on the walkway between the Renaissance Hotel and the Nashville Convention Center…you can’t be missed!
Create that café experience that attendees always enjoy. Play a video and pass out information on your product. Be creative with your display. Attendees will flock to the Coffee Cart.
Place your promotional message on a Do Not Disturb sign that will be hung on each CRS attendee’s hotel room door in the Renaissance & Hilton hotels.
Be a constant reminder. Your company logo and/or your artist’s info will be in every attendee’s possession during the entirety of CRS. They won’t leave their room without it.
You wanna throw a party? All rooms are located in the main convention hotel. CRS will drive attendees to your suite. You won’t have to find transportation to an offsite event. You have the opportunity to get your message out to approximately 2000 attendees.
This includes Main Lobby, Public Restrooms, 2nd and 3rd Floor public space. (…does not include Star bucks and Great Room.) Audio set at a level appropriate to business.
While CRS attendees are “chillin’” in their room…run your company’s promotional message or your artist(s) videos and EPK on an in-room TV Channel at the Renaissance Hotel and capture their undivided attention. ONLY 6 available.
Are you scheduling interviews with artists during CRS? If so, you’ll need a quiet place to conduct them and a convenient location. We have interview rooms available on Level 1 of the NCC close to the Media Center. ONLY 7 available.
Magazine bins are set up in a high traffic area to provide your publication with a display opportunity.
There are 10 plasma screen TV’s in the Nashville Convention Center. Four of them are located in the lobby,
Place your company’s message on the plasma screen TV’s in the Renaissance Hotel’s Great Room Lobby. It is between the elevator bank and the Commerce Street Grill. CRS attendee traffic is excellent at this location. There are three plasma screen TV’s…for one price…all three days of CRS.
Place your company’s message and/or your artist(s) videos on the plasma screen TV’s behind the Renaissance Hotel’s Registration desk. CRS attendees will not only see your video when they check in, they’ll notice it every time they go through the lobby during CRS.
If you want to make a special deliver y to CRS attendees staying at the Renaissance Hotel or the, You can have a promotional item delivered directly to the attendees’ rooms.
Print your company’s message, your artist’s photo or an ad on the room service tray liners for the Renaissance Hotel.
SOLD
Each year CRS recruits students from Belmont and MTSU to help us with a myriad of tasks during the event. They stuff attendee bags, take tickets at functions, run errands, assist with registration, help with set-up for all the meals provided for attendees. In fact, you’ll see them everywhere throughout the seminar.
I
Provide a cool drink for country artists via your logo labeled water bottles as they record liners for radio station attendees. Your banners surround the taping room and the reception area. You’ve become the focus of the Artist Radio Taping Session.
CRS 41 attendees will take advantage of premium continental breakfasts. During that time, attendees have the opportunity to network with friends and colleagues while you, as a sponsor, get an opportunity to promote your product or service.
If you have a great idea for a sponsorship at CRS 41, we are all ears. Contact Sharon Allen at Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. and we will do our best to work with you. As long as your idea enhances the CRS 41 experience for all attendees, together we can devise a sponsorship that mutually benefits your company and CRS 41.
Clearly the Extreme Networking Session has been a favorite among CRS attendees the past couple of years. This session is set-up much like extreme dating…in that each table is manned by an “industry professional” that it would behoove attendees to get to know. They get five minutes before the horn blows . Your company’s sponsorship of the event places you up front and personal with CRS attendees by providing a much appreciated networking opportunity.
General Managers, General Sales Managers and Local Sales Managers gather to share ideas on recruitment, training, inventory control, rates, non-traditional revenue, etc.. If your company wants toreach the decision makers in country radio this is the sponsorship opportunity for you.
Showcase your company at CRS with an infomercial type panel. This will be listed along with other CRS panels in the Agenda Guide and on the CRB website. You’ll be in charge of content and panelists. Place your banners or signs in the room and pass out promotional materials to attendees. It’s your panel!
Be the sponsor of one of the most popular panels during CRS. Songwriters fill the room with great music. This is a chance for the attendees to get up close and personal with some of their favorite artists. Place your message on the seats and on a banner directly behind the stage.
Position your company as presenter of the highest profile (and one of the best attended) sessions of CRS…the keynote address. Shouldn’t your logo be prominent?
Brand the Music City Jam! This event kicks off the evening entertainment at CRS each year. A different Country superstar invites a few friends each year to rock the house. Taylor Swift headlining at CRS 41.
Be the exclusive sponsor or co-sponsor of the New Faces of Country Music Show. This is it…the Grand Finale for CRS. It’s huge…Display your company’s banners, provide a promotional message in the spotlight via video or in person from the stage and Bring star employees or clients to see the show and have a great meal.
Capture the attention of the New Faces attendees prior to the New Faces Show by playing your CD during the dinner portion of the New Faces of Country Music Dinner.
The New Faces Show is CRS’s Grand Finale and is one of the best events we produce during our curriculum. Capture the attention of the New Faces attendees by creating a fabulous video featuring your company during their dinner.
Be the exclusive radio sponsor of the New Faces of Country Music Show. Record it for a syndicated special, and market it to across the country. Bring star employees or clients to see the show and enjoy a great meal.
Session sponsorships consist of signage, promotional materials and a 60 second verbal promotion of product or service at the beginning of a panel/session. CRB reserves the right to approve promotional message. Or an artist(s) may perform acoustically at the beginning if you prefer.
If your organization wants to be involved with CRS 41, but doesn’t want to attach its name to one
specific event, then a Participating Sponsorship is the perfect opportunity for you.
For the past 41 years our industry has experienced growth through sharing. The CRB tackles the tough
issues by initiating research projects that will help discover ways to adapt for future success.
SOLD
Sponsor one of the most popular panels during CRS. Songwriters fill the room with great music. This is
a chance for the attendees to get up close and personal with some of their favorite artists. Place your
message on the seats and on a banner directly behind the stage.
First impressions are lasting! Make the first impression on all CRS 41 attendees who will get to mix and mingle with the STARS. You’ll be the first to sponsor a reception and at this point all the attendees will be fresh and eager to get started with their seminar experience. In addition, you can Brand the Artist Attendee Reception with your company’s logo. Over 2000 complimentary drink coupons will have your company logo printed on them.
Parking permits are required to park on the streets surrounding the NCC, as this parking is controlled
by the Convention Center. You’ll have visibility with CRS attendees, easy access to the event and a place to take a meeting or “be” when you need a quiet moment.
“I forgot my laptop and I’m expecting an important email. What am I going to do?” Be the solution to
the problem. Sponsor the Cyber Lounge. Attendees can use your computers with your message on the
screensaver to keep up-to-date on life outside of CRS.
Meet and greet the media at CRS 41 by sponsoring the official CRS Media Center. This fully functioning
media center will be utilized by media from around the world as well as country artists doing interviews.
It’s the place to mix and mingle between sessions and during downtime at CRS. You’ll be providing
comfy seating and cool drinks for your comrades while you position your company as the one who
cares about the CRS 41 attendee experience.
Brand the Performance Hall with your company’s logo and your 60 second message will run in front of each Performance Hall event. All the lunches and the New Faces Show take place in the Performance Hall.
If your company’s message is targeted to the performing artist(s) and/or crews, you should sponsor the
Performance hall Green room. Garth Brooks, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith & Kix Brooks…all hung out in the Green Room at one time or another during CRS 41.
EVERYONE checks in at CRS and re-visits this desk multiple times through-out the week. Your
company can own this prime piece of CRS real estate.
Your 8 ½” x 11” ad will be placed in all of the graffiti locations in the Nashville Convention Center. This includes restrooms, elevators and telephone banks. (28 Ladies; 16 Mens; 2 elevators)
Be the exclusive Bridge Bar Sponsor. You know EVERYONE at CRS ends up there! Place banners on
either side of the bar, provide your company’s t-shirts for the bartenders and staff (pending Renaissance Hotel approval), and place promotional materials on the tables. You may also promote your artist(s)
and/or company via the 8 plasma screen TV’s located there.
