Be the business they click, visit, call, and search.

We build local advertising strategies that put your business in front of the right people: on the radio, online, on their phones, and everywhere they’re paying attention.

Complimentary consultation. No obligation. Local strategy.

HOW WE THINK

Your goal is the strategy. The channels are just how we get there.

We start by finding out who actually buys what you sell in this market (where they live, what they listen to, what they search) then build the plan around them. When the market shifts, the plan shifts with it. Same budget, no re-pitch.

01 We start with the problem Not a rate card. What's actually keeping customers from choosing you in this market?
02 The plan picks the channels Every campaign is assembled for your goal. Nothing gets included because it was on a quota.
03 It changes when the data does If something stops producing leads, we move the money that week , with no new proposal and no waiting out a contract.
04 One team owns the whole thing Strategy, creative, media, and reporting under one roof, accountable to one number: leads.
05 Measured in customers Calls and forms, cost per lead, close rate. Impressions are an input, never the scoreboard.
06 Built for your market A plan for a town of 40,000 shouldn't look like a plan for Chicago. Yours won't.

The channels we pull from

Chosen per campaign, swapped whenever the results say to. You’re buying the plan, not the list.

Radio Streaming audio Google Search & PPC Local Service Ads Display & retargeting Social advertising OTT & streaming video Connected TV Email Sponsorships & events Influencer & endorsement

HOW IT WORKS

Get Wanted.
Get Found.
Get Chosen.

The three things a local customer does before they ever spend a dollar with you. We cover all three.

STEP ONE

Get Wanted

It starts on the air. Radio builds the demand before the search ever happens, so people are already looking for you by name.

STEP TWO

Get Found

Be there the second they go looking: at the top, in the map, with the right answer.

STEP THREE

Get Chosen

Close the gap between browsing and calling with proof, presence, and persistence.

WHAT ADVERTISERS SAY

Local owners, in their own words.

“We appreciate your unwavering support! The Vintage Fair is the best, best event every spring and fall! You take small businesses that many have never heard of, and build them up, lovingly and without any kind of selfish motive. That's beautiful and hard to find in any type of coordinated event. I was at the very first Q108 Vintage Fair and my god, how far it has come.”

Heather Sassett Delectable Sweets · Clarksville/Dover

“I like many of you, am a small business owner in town. I'm here to tell you that our money has been well spent with 5 Star Media Group with consistent planning for our consumer base, their plans are flexible and built to meet our specific needs. Our reps have been flexible, listened to our wants and needs and customized our marketing.”

PJ Short AR Pools, Stoneworks & Outdoor Living · Clarksville

“For 20 years we have been a consistent radio advertiser. Over the years 5 Star Media Group has helped us grow with their many local advertising opportunities. Thank you, 5 Star, for being a part of our success.”

Dave Berggren Furniture Connection & Ashley Furniture · Clarksville
Downtown in the markets we serve

WHY US

Local people. National firepower.

  • We built this market on the airFour decades of local radio means we know this audience by ear, and now we reach them everywhere else, too.
  • One team, every channelNo juggling four vendors. Audio, search, social, and video run off a single plan.
  • Reporting you can actually readCalls, forms, and cost per lead, in plain English, every month.
  • Certified Google & Meta PartnerBacked by Saga Communications: 100+ brands across 28 U.S. markets.

YOUR LOCAL TEAM

People you can drive to.

Emily Ward

General Manager

Ryan Ploeckelman

Operations Manager

Chris Smith

Editor-in-Chief ClarksvilleNow

Cindy Rollison

Sales Manager

Shavaun Clouse

Promotions and Event Director

Sam Beals

Digital Campaign Manager

The rest of the team is worth meeting too.

Advisors, programming, operations, and the newsroom.

Your next customer is searching right now.

Let’s make sure they find you first.