Integrated digital broadcasting system, network, and methods

A method of linking broadcasting systems and advertising clients together via a communications network comprising the steps of:

• managing media buys, using at least one computer with a processor and memory, for clients across multiple destination radio and/or television broadcasting systems starting from the time of purchase before invoices are generated by retrieving and maintaining programming schedules and lists of unfilled time-based broadcast slots available for programming and advertising content, receiving orders to fill said slots with advertisements and programming content, selecting said slots that meet the criteria of each order by searching for slots meeting the pricing criteria of each order and/or slots that are forecasted to generate the highest response rates, mediating the negotiation of rate and demographics and other parameters between users at clients and users of said radio and/or television broadcasting systems, and forwarding said orders to said radio and/or television broadcasting systems;
• consolidating programming schedules, using at least one computer with a processor and memory, between radio and/or television broadcasting systems;
• configuring said radio and/or television broadcasting systems to send their schedules, using at least one computer with a processor and memory, directly to other radio and/or television broadcasting systems;
• republishing said schedules, using at least one computer with a processor and memory, to other parties;
• distributing both pre-recorded programming and pre-recorded advertising content, using at least one computer with a processor and memory, to multiple radio and/or television broadcasting systems simultaneously to be broadcast at the scheduled times;
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• allocating unique point of contact information, using at least one computer with a processor and memory, to ads across multiple geographic locations.