We regret to inform you that we will NOT be presenting a TRSTVSOTW award this week.

It's a disturbing trend that we're noticing. Radio stations have universally slashed marketing budgets to the point that even the cheap TV commercials are not being produced nor aired with the regularity that might inspire an award for thrift in video advertising.

We find ourselves reduced to begging our readers to submit Thrifty Radio Station TV Spot Of The Week™ candidates via email to TRSTVSOTW (at) alltheexcess (dot) com. It's no longer that we can't keep up with all of them, but rather we can no longer find candidates through our normal means.

What we can do, however, is spotlight a commercial from another country which we happen to enjoy very much. Perhaps this regular A.T.E.! feature will evolve into a showcase for others like this. It depends on the feedback from you, our gentle readers.

Our spotlight commercial comes from Belgium, and the now-defunct Radio Donna.