Promotional Button

button

Name/Title

Promotional Button

Entry/Object ID

1992.53.2

Description

Round metal button printed with a green triangle in the center. The triangle, representing a mountain, has a white tip with meandering ski trails down the front. The number "104.7" is printed in white at the base. Beneath the mountain is the number 2884 in black. In a black border around the edge is the inscription, "SKI WITH WNCS".

Context

Produced as part of a promotion by WNCS, a radio station at 104.7 FM, part of The Point radio network launched in 1977. As part of the promotions, participants paid a small fee for a set of half-price coupons for special days at a collection of ski resorts. The promotional subsequently became knowns as "Ski and Ride".

Acquisition

Accession

1992.53

Source or Donor

Dumville, John P. (b. 1950)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Button, Promotional

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Diameter

3 in

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

WNCS