They have called for months trying to sign my company up for advertising on their website. They say they are Channel 9 News. Why their phone number is unpublished is fishy to me. If they are with channel 9 news their phone number should show that as the owner. I do not trust them now.

I was called from 425-691-1057 on March 3rd 2011 at 12:47Pm and was told that they were channel 6 news and wanted to have a premiere spot for one tree service for which we are and that the man was calling was from the sister company in Seattle Washington of channel 6 news and wanted to feature our business for $300.00 a month but never gave an addendum of how long we would have to pay and what exactly we would be getting for this cost per month.
the person I talked with is : Slawek.Socha

They are a company that is contracted by news stations across the nation. This is no scam, they sell localized ads to help small businesses profit. They make it affordable by breaking down all the communities in specific areas. But keep in mind, they are salesman, if you dont give them any information you can expect them to do the same. $300.00/mo is nothing compared to yellow pages's $1,200 for a basic business directory that puts you right next to all your competition. Oh and i think their contracts are one year.

That's because the company that is calling is DataSphere. They are technology partners with a bunch of news channels and handle their ad sales for community spots. It's no scam. If you go to the bottom of the community page and click "advertise with us" and scroll down on that page, you'll see the datasphere logo and "meet our sales team" there you can look up the sales agent who is talking to you and it will show their picture and contact info

the website (community sites) even say "powered by datasphere"

they are an honest employee. check the community page "advertise with us" link and you will see another link that says "meet our sales team"