GO MONO

TitleGO MONO
BrandRADIO 21
Product/ServiceRADIO STATION
Category A05. Media & Publications
Entrant McCANN WORLDGROUP ROMANIA Bucharest, ROMANIA
Idea Creation McCANN WORLDGROUP ROMANIA Bucharest, ROMANIA
Media Placement UM ROMANIA Bucharest, ROMANIA
Credits
Name Company Position
ADRIAN BOTAN MCCANN WORLGROUP GLOBAL EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
CATALIN DOBRE MCCANN BUCHAREST EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
ALEXANDRU VASILE MCCANN BUCHAREST COPYWRITER
LIA BIRA MCCANN BUCHAREST ART DIRECTOR
RALUCA FUNDEANU MCCANN BUCHAREST ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
DANA HOGEA MCCANN BUCHAREST CLIENT SERVICE DIRECTOR
CARMEN BISTRIAN MCCANN WORLGROUP CREATIVE PR
VICTOR CROITORU UM ROMANIA MEDIA MANAGER

The Campaign

When it comes to listening to music in traffic, people will take their changes. So we had to find an alternative solution that they will keep them safe and keep them entertained. Radio 21 decided to become the first radio to GO MONO with a one speaker broadcast in prime time: the morning show & GO MONO jingles. For 4 hours we kept our listeners safe. Through an innovative radio technology, radio morning shows could be listened to in only one-ear, and, also, it was created the first song that can only be listened to in one headphone: that is reggae in the left headphone and electro in the right headphone.

Creative Execution

GO MONO was supported by top Romanian and international artists that dared fans to listen to their songs in just one headphone. X-factor winner created the first song that can only be listened MONO: that is reggae in the left headphone and electro in the right headphone. GO MONO messages went viral in social media. We went MONO in print and in outdoor.

Results

31 artists went MONO in Romania. Romanian Police reacted and joined the campaign. The campaign reached 3.5 million people and Radio 21 audience went up.

Radio 21, a top national radio station in Romania, changed the perception of people who endangered themselves by listening music on the streets on both headphones. Through an innovative way listening radio, Radio 21’s GO MONO is one-headphone technology and was broadcasted it in prime time, to keep their listeners safe from traffic accidents. Through an innovative radio technology, radio morning shows could be listened to in only one-ear, and, also, it was created the first song that can only be listened to in one headphone: that is reggae in the left headphone and electro in the right headphone.

People die every day in traffic accidents caused by listening to music in both headphones. According to a study from Maryland University Massachusetts, the number has tripled in the last six years, a fact acknowledged also by Romanian Police. Radio 21 introduced GO MONO, a one-headphone listening technology and was broadcasted it in prime time, to keep their listeners safe from traffic accidents. Top artists went MONO and asked fans to listen to their music in one headphone when they are on the street. Through this innovative radio technology, radio morning shows could be listened to in only one-ear, and, also, it was created the first song that can only be listened to in one headphone: that is reggae in the left headphone and electro in the right headphone.