I'm watching tv for the first time in a while, and am seeing some commercials I've never seen before.  That got me wondering about advertising on tv and radio.

I've heard on a local news radio station how successful some of the advertising is, and wonder exactly how true it is.

Is it worth advertising on the radio?  When you hear the ads or see them on tv, are you more inclined to buy what you see or hear?  Do you actually believe what you see or hear?

I often will try a product because I saw it on tv, but usually find that it doesn't live up to what they say it will, and I never buy it again.  It's almost like false or misleading advertising.

I think some advertising should be outlawed when it proves to be false, don't you think?

I think both are powerful ways. There are a lot of listeners for TV and Radio. We can reach a lot of people within a small amount of time. I do watch interesting advertisements in TV and follow them wisely. I prefer products seen in ads than products that I never heard of. 

I haven't had the best experience in the world when buying after being influenced by tv or radio ads.  That's the problem I have.  Sometimes it's ok, but not always.

Food ads are so misleading, even print advertising.  You see a burger or something and think that it looks good, but when you go and buy it, it's not the same.  It's far smaller than it looks in the ad, and that's disappointing.

Exactly like Edmund said. You bought it because the ad campaign was successful.  What happens if everyone buys exactly like what you do? Sales sales 

The commercials must be impressed by the viewers to become successful. Have you noticed a commercial about a coffee powder? I don't know the product name correctly. But I was really impressed with the commercial. Main theme of their commercial was "only perfect coco from Ghana goes to make Melbourne"  Underlined name is product, don't know whether it is the correct name. But the commercial is really funny and mind capturing. 

Yes I believe radio and television advertising works really well. A lot of people see thousands of commercials each day they watch tv as well as when they're on the road to work/school/whereever they hear commercial after commercial advertising this and that. The more people hear or see it the more they usually want whatever is being sold.

Suppose that there are 2 washing powder commercials.

first one says: washing powder1 cleans your clothes from dirt within seconds.
second says : washing powder2 cleans your clothes from all kind of stain and spreads fragrance.

Here product2 has more features. People will prefer product2.  Just like this, we can utilize the ads to impress customers.

There is a point in what Mak is trying to show here. But it also depends on the look of the products and how they are presented. People do not usually like descriptions if they are too long. Often it is better to have a short and catchy slogan.
But as a twist to this smart advertisers add things like "Tired of the "insert item here" not working? Now here is a solution" or "Throw away all the not working junk! And get "name here" it will solve your problems" or "You have been lied to drop the "old products" because specialist "say, have found out, discovered, have made for YOU!" that "insert name here" is the best!

You cannot compare PPC with TV ads. Tv ads can introduce about a product completely. Can a PPC ad do this? A visitor needs to click the ad in order to know more about the product. But what about a TV ad?