Sponsor the Auction

Underwrite the Auction

As an underwriter of the WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction, you’ll be associated with one of Northeast Ohio’s most respected, prestigious and visible non-profit organizations. Sponsorship provides you with exposure to the public television audience, an exclusive, influential and educated audience with a high annual income. You’ll reach the supporters of the WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction: thousands of volunteers, donors, bidders and buyers - people who are active and involved in their community and consumers who are ready to buy.

The WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction is Northeastern Ohio’s only televised auction. It is the community’s biggest, most unique shopping adventure, providing a fun-filled shopping spree for enthusiastic viewers who tune in to watch, bid and buy. Thousands of donated items and services are sold during this televised event.

Tax-deductible underwriting grants begin at $6,000 for a four-hour sponsorship. Broadcast sponsors receive a multi-media mix of promotional benefits that include:

• Presentation of valuable pre-produced on-air TV spots
• Live, on-air copy about your company
• Opportunity for staff involvement
• Online promotion
• Prominent signage in WVIZ/PBS studios
• Print promotion
• And much more

For more info, call Ella Fong at 216-916-6154 or send an e-mail to .

Download this list of Auction underwriting benefits.

2012 WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction Underwriters

WVIZ/PBS would like to thank the following community-minded corporations for their underwriting commitment to the 2012 WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction.

Eaton Corporation
KeyBank
Nordson Corporation
PNC Bank
Spero-Smith Investment Advisors, Inc.

Sponsor an Auction Board

Auction Board Sponsorships are for an entire broadcast day and are available for a $3,000 tax-deductible contribution. During the Auction, donated items are shown on various Auction boards. Auction Board Sponsors receive the following multi-media mix of promotional benefits:

• On-air copy describing your company
• Visual and audio recognition of company name and/or logo throughout your sponsorship day
• Acknowledgement of your support in a post-event televised “Thank You” spot
• Opportunity for staff involvement
• Online promotion
• Acknowledgement of your support in a post-Auction print piece
• Opportunity to gain additional visibility by providing an “overbid” incentive to high bidders of items on your board

For more info, call Ella Fong at 216-916-6154 or send an e-mail to .

Download this list of Auction board sponsorship benefits.

2012 WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction Board Sponsors

WVIZ/PBS would like to thank the following community-minded corporations for their Board Sponsor support:

Alcoa
ComDoc
Greater Cleveland RTA
Huntington Bank
Live Nation
MCPc, Inc.
The National Child ID Program
The Plain Dealer
Rockwell Automation
The Sherwin-Williams Company
United HealthCare

Corporate Corner

This area of the WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction offers on-air recognition for cash contributions below sponsorship levels.

• For each $300 tax-deductible cash contribution, your company is included in one television spot, accompanied by your corporate logo.
• A $1,000 cash contribution to Corporate Corner allows the donor to be recognized all four days of the Auction.

For more info, call Ella Fong at 216-916-6154 or send an e-mail to .

Download this list of Auction Corporate Corner benefits.

Buy NEO

This unique area of the Auction is available exclusively to publicly-traded companies headquartered in Northeast Ohio. “Buy Northeast Ohio” is a way to receive valuable on-air television exposure, receive a new investor and support WVIZ/PBS.

To participate:

• Your company makes a $1,000 tax-deductible cash contribution to the WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction.
• WVIZ/PBS then uses the cash to purchase an equal amount of stock in the company.
• The stock is assembled in portfolios, and each participating company receives valuable on-air promotion.

For more info, call Ella Fong at 216-916-6154 or send an e-mail to .

Download this list of Auction Buy Northeast Ohio benefits.

2012 WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction Buy NEO Participants

WVIZ/PBS would like to thank the following community-minded corporations for their support of the Buy Northeast Ohio program:

Myers Industries, Inc.
Nordson Corporation