This involves, once a specific media vehicle is chosen, deciding on what times and space, how often it will run, and how much a company should purchase. There are four ways in which an ad can air. The first type is on a continuous schedule. In these kind an advertisement airs regularity with little deviation (363). The next is flighting; this is characterized as “an intermittent media scheduling pattern in which periods of advertising are alternated with periods of no advertisements” (383). This is a good for item that are seasonal like Christmas trees and Halloween candy. The next type is pulsing; this is simply a mixture of a continuous and a flighting schedule. Bursting is the next, and this is a “media schedule that promotes high ticket items that require careful consideration” (383). The last two are roadblocking and blinking. Roadblocking is when a company buys up the same time slots on all television networks, while blinking is when aN advertisers buy up time slots on networks and cable for one day; this makes the advertisement virtually difficult to