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Put your business in front of Baltimore every morning. Captain Baltimore reaches locals who eat, drink, go out, and spend right here in this city — across our daily newsletter, this website, Pirate Radio, and our social channels. And your ad always runs alongside good news only: no crime, no scandal, just the Baltimore people love.

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Easy as 1-2-3

How It Works

1

Pick a placement below and choose your days on the booking calendar.

2

Check out — pay per day, only for the days you want.

3

Upload your creative from your advertiser dashboard, and your ad runs on the days you booked.

The Flagship

Newsletter Placements

The Captain Baltimore daily newsletter is our flagship — in subscribers’ inboxes every morning. Here’s exactly where each ad slot sits in the issue, right next to the content sections:

⚓ Captain Baltimore — Daily Newsletter
AD · HEADER
728×90 · $35/day
📅 Happening Today — content
🎉 Coming Up — content
📰 Baltimore News — content
💙 Better Baltimore — content
AD · BODY
600×180 · $25/day
✈️ Travel Deals — content
🔮 Today’s Horoscope — content
🌿 Best Buds — content
AD · BODY 2
728×90 · $20/day
AD · SPONSORSHIP
600×180 · $50/day · the issue’s presenting sponsor
Footer · preferences · unsubscribe

Sponsorship

600×180 · Top of the issue
$50/day

The issue’s presenting sponsor (600×180). Top billing for brands that want the whole day.

Book Sponsorship

Header

728×90 · Very top of the issue
$35/day

The big banner (728×90) at the very top of the newsletter, above the day’s first stories.

Book Header

Body

600×180 · Mid-issue
$25/day

In the flow of the issue (600×180), right after the news and Better Baltimore — where readers are deep in the day’s stories.

Book Body

Body 2

728×90 · Lower in the issue
$20/day

A second banner (728×90) lower in the issue, after Travel, Horoscope, and Best Buds.

Book Body 2

On the Web

Website Placements

Ads on captainbaltimore.com itself. The first website slot is bookable now, and more positions across the site are in the works.

Body 3

728×90 · Across the website
$20/day

Banner placement (728×90) across the Captain Baltimore website.

Book Body 3

Pirate Radio

Radio Placements

Captain Baltimore runs Pirate Radio — eight Baltimore streaming stations playing around the clock: Music from Captain Baltimore (87.90), Local Baltimore Hip Hop and R&B (90.10), Local Baltimore Pop, Rock and Alternative (92.30), Dock Talk (94.10), 24/7 Rock Off (96.10), Jazz (98.10), Country (100.10), and Gospel (102.10). Put your business in listeners’ ears:

  • Spot rotation — your :30 or :60 second spot in rotation across the stations, all day, every day. Bring your own audio, or we can produce the spot for you — $150 per week launch package (a $25/day value).
  • Host-read mentions — our hosts read your business’s name and line on air: $50 per day.
  • Segment sponsorships — put your name on a recurring segment (“brought to you by…”), including our upcoming Listener Line, where listeners leave voice messages for the host — $250 per month.

Book a week of spots or a day of host-reads right here, or talk to us about segment sponsorships and custom packages.

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Social

Social Placements

Sponsored posts on Captain Baltimore’s social channels are coming soon. Want first dibs when they open? Get on the list.

Want the Whole Month?

Monthly sponsors get invoiced billing, priority placement across newsletter, site, and socials, and a package built around your goals — no day-by-day booking. Talk to us about a sponsorship and we’ll put together a quote.

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