Advertising on TV is powerful – and having your own TV commercial for your small business can mean great things to your bottom line. I was curious and wanted to know how much does it cost to advertise on TV. Curiosity always gets the best of me so off I went delving deep into advertising rates for local TV commercials. What I found about television commercial rates for small business owners surprised me… It’s not nearly as expensive to advertise on TV as I thought it was.