Research finding · Research date 2026-09-17
KREM invoices document 38 airings of one creative through Commercial Space Experts
Recorded status: Primary invoices and totals verified; producer, candidate content and state-ledger match unresolved
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Retrieved and visually checked all pages of three May 2026 KREM invoices in Defend and Protect Idaho's FCC political file. All bill Commercial Space Experts / POL at the previously observed Austin billing address, identify advertiser ISS/ Defend and Protect Idaho, and use the identical 30-second creative Ad-ID CPMDAPI26005H. Invoice 3277030-1, estimate 4265, alternate order WOC15690695, dated May 17: 13 actual logged spots May 9 and May 11–13; gross $1,260, commission $189, net $1,071, balance $0 as of June 11 11:00:35 AM PT. Invoice 3277092-1, estimate 4267, WOC15690710, dated May 24: nine actual logged spots May 14–15 and May 18; gross $840, commission $126, net $714, balance $0 as of June 11 11:00:36 AM PT. Invoice 3279153-1, estimate 4274, WOC15695300, dated May 24: sixteen actual logged spots May 15,17,18,19; gross $3,640, commission $546, net $3,094, remaining balance $3,094 as of June 11 11:00:38 AM PT. Aggregate: 38 spots, $5,740 gross, $861 commission (15%), $4,879 net. Invoice 3279153 page 3 has a separate May 18 alternative-golf line marked Credited, zero duration, no ad ID or airtime and a struck-through $1,000 rate. Do not count it as a seventeenth airing or add $1,000 to the invoice's stated gross. Matched station contracts confirm the same three order/estimate identifiers and gross/net totals. Broad flight/invoice-period headers are not the actual air dates. Station warrants log-derived broadcast information; no independent broadcast monitoring performed. June 11 is the balance snapshot, not current payment status. Zero balance does not identify the payer or bank transfer, and the open balance does not by itself establish overdue/nonpayment. No record examined names Redbird or Cothren as producer, buyer or owner. Same creative across separate buys is not duplicate billing. No match to the $69,000 Redbird production entry or either $110,000 entry established. The exact creative identifier is a stronger next lead for production/traffic records than name resemblance.
Source references
- KREM invoice 3277030-1 — Pages 1–2; FCC uploaded June 11, 2026; accessed September 17
- KREM invoice 3277092-1 — Pages 1–2; FCC uploaded June 11, 2026; accessed September 17
- KREM invoice 3279153-1 — Pages 1–3, especially credited alternative-golf line and total/balance on page 3; accessed September 17