Radio station sales tools. One connected workspace.
Find advertisers, move approved sales through to payment, deliver campaigns and win renewals. Cortex brings the work together so your team spends less time chasing and more time growing station revenue.
Find → Pitch → Proposal approval → Agreement → Invoice and payment → Produce → Deliver → Renew
Cortex can be set up for stations in many countries, with local currency, time zone and country-aware Sales Radar. Automated prospect email and SMS are currently enabled for the UK; other markets will follow local checks.
REAL SUPPORT WHEN YOU NEED IT
Ask TEX. Talk to our team when you need a person.
Describe the problem in the support chat and TEX will suggest steps to try. If it still needs attention, contact the StationCortex team in the same conversation, with an optional screenshot. You can see our replies in your support history.
See how each tool saves time, keeps work moving and helps your station earn more.
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Sales Radar
Find more local advertisers without starting from a blank page.
Find businesses in your station area, see why they fit and start a stronger sales pipeline.
See exactly what this does
Use Sales Radar during your free trial with the existing trial allowance, or on Starter, Pro and Network. Search by location and business type, review promising leads and add them to your sales journey. Sales Radar Autopilot requires an active Pro or Network subscription.
Get a useful reason to approach each business without spending hours researching it.
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Research sits alongside the lead, helping sales teams understand what a business does and prepare a more informed approach without jumping between systems.
Draft a relevant pitch, review it and send only through a permitted contact route.
See exactly what this does
Use your station and prospect details to prepare a pitch you can edit. Before delivery, Cortex checks the contact route and suppression record. Automated outreach outside the UK is paused until local checks are ready.
Use SMS only when the recorded marketing route permits it.
Text only when the recipient and local marketing route allow it.
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Cortex checks the recipient, permission record and suppression list. Unknown or blocked routes stay blocked. Automated marketing messages outside the UK remain paused while country rules are reviewed.
Good opportunities should not disappear because everyone got busy.
Schedule the next message and see when a customer needs your attention.
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Set up permitted email and SMS follow-ups, customer reminders and Facebook activity. Cortex shows when a message was sent, held or blocked, so nothing quietly disappears.
TEX explains the page you are on, helps with the next step and brings important station updates to you.
See exactly what this does
Ask TEX about the work in front of you. He can explain the screen, help you use station information and bring updates when a customer replies, accepts a proposal, signs an agreement or pays an invoice.
Helpful answers from TEX, with a real person when you need one.
Describe your issue in a chat. TEX suggests steps, and you can contact the StationCortex support team when needed.
See exactly what this does
Ask TEX for help from your station workspace at any time. He uses product guidance to suggest steps and can ask follow-up questions. If you still need help, contact the StationCortex team in the same conversation. You can include an optional screenshot, and replies appear in your support history.
See what you can sell and where opportunities still exist.
Cortex helps organise commercial inventory so unsold opportunities are easier to spot and promote.
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See committed and upcoming inventory, protect a current advertiser’s renewal window and guide new pitches towards opportunities the station can actually sell.
Move from yes to signed without the paperwork chase.
Send a proposal, turn approval into an order and issue the agreement without entering the same details again.
See exactly what this does
Send a proposal for customer approval, create the order, then issue a station-branded agreement for electronic signature. Each decision and document stays linked to the sale.
Raise invoices without leaving the commercial workflow.
Create professional invoices using station details and keep them linked to the customer and sale.
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Create station-branded invoices for one-off or recurring products after the agreement stage, with payment reminders and status linked to the customer and order.
Let customers pay online through the station's connected Stripe account where available.
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Use the station’s connected Stripe account for online payment and keep payment status linked to the invoice and campaign. One-off and recurring products follow their configured billing terms.
Offer the current advertiser first refusal, then make the space available again if they decline or do not renew in time.
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Track approaching campaign end dates, offer the current advertiser first refusal on renewal and return unclaimed inventory to the available sales pipeline when that window ends.
Give advertisers a clearer, more professional experience.
Give advertisers one place to review proposals, sign agreements, see invoices, approve production and follow their campaign.
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Customers can respond to proposals, sign agreements, view invoices and payment options, approve scripts and audio, and follow their campaign in a station-branded portal.
Turn a sold campaign into approved audio without losing the brief.
Create scripts, manage approvals and send production work to your own team or an external production house.
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Production House keeps the customer, campaign brief, script, feedback, audio and final approval together, with optional assisted voice generation available when required.
See what was sent before anybody contacts the customer again.
See the customer conversation, including portal replies, before anyone follows up.
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Communications keeps sent email, SMS and portal messages beside the customer. The team can see who received what and pick up the conversation in context.
Plan, create and publish a complete Facebook calendar from one place.
Schedule manual posts or let Cortex build varied day, week and month plans around approved content topics.
See exactly what this does
Use a visual calendar to create, preview and publish Facebook posts, rotate images, add delayed comments and review history and performance. Manual scheduling is available on Starter; Autopilot is available on Pro and Network.
Show advertisers what was published and what happened next.
Bring live post links, dates, reach, interactions, clicks and remaining promised mentions into campaign reporting.
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Where Meta supplies the data, Cortex connects published Facebook performance to the relevant advertiser and campaign.
Clear advertiser evidence
Live Meta results
Stronger renewal conversations
Free TrialTrial previewStarterBasic resultsProFull live resultsNetworkFull live results
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Competition Centre
Choose and announce a Facebook competition winner fairly.
Select a published post, apply an eligible-entry rule and randomly draw a recorded winner.
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Competition Centre selects eligible interactions from a published Facebook post, records a random draw, shows the winner and prepares an announcement for review.
Random eligible draw
Recorded winner history
Ready-to-publish announcement
Free TrialNot includedStarterNot includedProWinner picker includedNetworkWinner picker included
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Sponsor Content Automation
Include the right sponsor without turning every programme post into an advert.
Cortex can apply the station's sponsorship agreement while protecting the balance of its Facebook content.
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Sponsor references follow the campaign agreement and spacing rules, keeping delivery visible without overwhelming the station's audience.
Get a clearer view of the money moving through the station.
Review station revenue and download a completed PRS Net Broadcasting Revenue return in the original form layout.
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Reports connect sales, orders and invoices. Choose a PRS licence year, review the figures and download the original PRS form filled with your station’s calculated values for checking before submission.
A clear, colourful workspace for your whole station team.
Work from anywhere and see customers, sales and next steps in one simple view.
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Cortex is cloud based, so authorised station users can work from wherever they are. Clear screens, useful colour and visible next steps make the busy commercial day easier to manage.
Find the opportunity, win the approval, get paid, deliver and renew without losing the thread.
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Sales Radar and website enquiries feed leads. The station reviews a pitch, sends a proposal, receives approval, creates an order, sends the agreement and invoice, takes payment, produces approved audio, delivers the campaign and manages aftercare and renewal.
Compare content creation, manual scheduling, Autopilot and Competition Centre below. Each row shows its current availability and limits.
Feature
Free Trial
Starter
Pro
Network
Monthly priceThe subscription price set in Super Admin.
£0 / 14 days
£49 / month
£99 / month
£199 / month
Cortex CreditsIncluded usage for supported Cortex actions.
100 total
500 / month
1,500 / month
4,000 / month
Team usersThe maximum number of people who can access the station workspace.
Up to 1
Up to 2
Up to 5
Up to 10
Campaign slotsA proposal holds one slot. Its pending or running campaign uses that slot after acceptance. Declined or expired proposals and completed or archived campaigns free it. Customer history is unlimited.
Up to 1
Up to 5
Up to 50
Unlimited
Sales RadarFind businesses in your station area, see why they fit and start a stronger sales pipeline.
✓Trial allowance
✓Standard allowance
✓Higher usage
✓Highest usage
TEX ResearchGet a useful reason to approach each business without spending hours researching it.
✓Trial allowance
✓Standard allowance
✓Higher allowance
✓Highest allowance
Sales Pitch BuilderDraft a relevant pitch, review it and send only through a permitted contact route.
✓Trial allowance
✓Standard allowance
✓Higher allowance
✓Highest allowance
Permitted SMS OutreachText only when the recipient and local marketing route allow it.
✓Trial allowance
✓Standard allowance
✓Higher allowance
✓Highest allowance
AutomationsSchedule the next message and see when a customer needs your attention.
✓Basic preview
✓Core automations
✓Advanced automations
✓Advanced automations
TEX Guide & UpdatesTEX explains the page you are on, helps with the next step and brings important station updates to you.
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
TEX Support & Human HelpDescribe your issue in a chat. TEX suggests steps, and you can contact the StationCortex support team when needed.
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Leads & CustomersCortex keeps your advertiser relationships organised from first prospect through to active customer.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
CampaignsTrack advertiser campaigns and keep important dates, status and commercial details visible.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Products & PackagesBuild and manage advertising and sponsorship opportunities that your team can sell consistently.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Inventory & AvailabilityCortex helps organise commercial inventory so unsold opportunities are easier to spot and promote.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Proposals & ContractsSend a proposal, turn approval into an order and issue the agreement without entering the same details again.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
E-signaturesCortex supports electronic signing so agreements can move forward without printing, scanning or chasing paper copies.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
InvoicesCreate professional invoices using station details and keep them linked to the customer and sale.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Online PaymentsLet customers pay online through the station's connected Stripe account where available.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Renewal TrackingOffer the current advertiser first refusal, then make the space available again if they decline or do not renew in time.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Customer PortalGive advertisers one place to review proposals, sign agreements, see invoices, approve production and follow their campaign.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Production HouseCreate scripts, manage approvals and send production work to your own team or an external production house.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
CommunicationsSee the customer conversation, including portal replies, before anyone follows up.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Activity CentreReview recent commercial activity and open the customer, invoice, campaign or action behind it.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Facebook Content StudioCreate Facebook content for station promotion, advertisers, campaigns, packages and available opportunities.
✓Facebook content creation
✓Facebook content creation
✓Facebook content creation
✓Facebook content creation
Facebook Scheduler & AutopilotSchedule manual posts or let Cortex build varied day, week and month plans around approved content topics.
✓Manual scheduling · 10 posts / month
✓Manual scheduling · 30 posts / month
✓Scheduler and Autopilot · 250 posts / month
✓Scheduler and Autopilot · 1,000 posts / month
Advertiser Performance ReportsBring live post links, dates, reach, interactions, clicks and remaining promised mentions into campaign reporting.
✓Trial preview
✓Basic results
✓Full live results
✓Full live results
Website Sales WidgetsPut station branded advertising and sponsorship offers on your website so businesses can enquire or buy.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Reports & PRS LicensingReview station revenue and download a completed PRS Net Broadcasting Revenue return in the original form layout.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Station DNAStore the identity, positioning and useful station knowledge that helps Cortex create more relevant work.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Team WorkspaceWork from anywhere and see customers, sales and next steps in one simple view.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Cortex CreditsCortex Credits help stations manage usage of supported research and communication actions without losing sight of cost.
✓Trial allowance
✓Standard allowance
✓Higher allowance
✓Highest allowance
Automation PacksInstall supported follow-up, aftercare and renewal workflows without building each step from scratch.
✓Browse packs
✓Optional purchase
✓Optional purchase
✓Optional purchase
After SalesSee active campaigns, scheduled customer contact and renewal work from one place.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
Connected Sales JourneyFind the opportunity, win the approval, get paid, deliver and renew without losing the thread.
✓Trial preview
✓Included
✓Included
✓Included
TEX AutopilotTEX can support repetitive commercial workflows so your station does not have to manually chase every next step.
—Not included
—Not included
✓Included
✓Included
Campaign Delivery TrackerCortex adds agreed advertiser mentions to the content plan and tracks what has gone live.
✓Trial preview
—Not included
✓Included
✓Included
Competition CentreSelect a published post, apply an eligible-entry rule and randomly draw a recorded winner.
—Not included
—Not included
✓Winner picker included
✓Winner picker included
Sponsor Content AutomationCortex can apply the station's sponsorship agreement while protecting the balance of its Facebook content.
✓Trial preview
—Not included
✓Included
✓Included
Plan names, prices, credits, user limits and campaign slots load from Super Admin. Feature descriptions and access come from the managed feature catalogue.
