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Arbitron says baseball draws strong PPM ratings

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Arbitron is out with its first mid-season radio audience listening report for “America’s favorite pastime” – Major League Baseball. The report covering all Portable People Markets (PPM) with MLB teams finds strong strong listenership to game broadcasts...
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Radio Disney delivers for Kids and Moms

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Radio Disney Continues as Leader in Kid-Driven, Mom-Approved Music, Delivering its Highest-Ever Two-Book Arbitron Ratings in Kids 6-11, Kids 6-14 and Moms 18+ with Kids...
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WCBS-FM crowing over latest PPM ratings

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CBS Radio was quick to put out the word that May Arbitron PPM data released Thursday show WCBS-FM has earned the No. 1 position among all stations with listeners 12+ in New York. “The coveted honor...
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Arbitron: Continuous improvement continues

The big news had already been made, when Arbitron came to terms with the PPM Coalition. So, the monthly conference call for Portable People Meter...
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PPM shows big opening day audiences for baseball

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Arbitron says three new Portable People Meter (PPM) markets saw surges in listening for the local radio stations carrying opening day Major League Baseball games on April 5th. Those new PPM markets with MLB teams are Cincinnati, Cleveland...
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Radio Disney Rates high with Kids and Moms for 2009

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Radio Disney, the Leading 24-hour Radio Network for Kids and Families, Delivers its Highest Daytime, Weekday Morning and Weekday Afternoon Ratings Ever in Kids and...
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Eastlan Ratings gets a partner

Bruce Fohr, president and owner of Tucson-based research firm, FMR Associates, Inc. has become a partner in the Eastlan Ratings company, by investing in the...
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Arbitron reports continued PPM improvement

The monthly report on sample quality metrics for Portable People Meter (PPM) markets shows that Arbitron hit its guarantees and benchmarks in February, in many cases going above 100% delivery...
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Election and economy boosted NPR

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Following an unprecedented year in news dominated by the presidential election and global economic crisis, National Public Radio reports that listening to NPR programming on...
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NABOB disputes Arbitron’s PPM analysis

Arbitron was quick to issue a press release yesterday showing how well Urban and Spanish stations had done in the first PPM reports for eight...
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Arbitron touts Urban and Hispanic (part 2)

San Francisco: Hip-Hop/R&B on KMEL-FM is Number One (Persons 18-34) 106 KMEL, the Clear Channel Communications Hip-Hop and R&B station in San Francisco, has been...
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Arbitron touts Urban and Hispanic showings in first PPM ratings

With Inner City one of the radio groups fighting hardest against the PPM rollout, Arbitron was pleased to note that Inner City’s WBLS-FM was tied...
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NAB applauds Markey HD bill

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An effort to make inclusion of AM, FM and HD reception on satellite radio receivers the law of the land is afoot on Capitol Hill, and the National Association of Broadcasters is highly enthusiastic about...
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Houston given a week off, may get another

To the surprise of nobody, Hurricane Ike is extending its ill effects to the radio ratings business. Arbitron has opted to call off PPM reporting...
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August wasn’t just bad, it was pervasively bad

CL King analyst Jim Boyle is not bearing good news. He said its one thing to have a down month. The thing about the average...
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Winning the MRC double-checks

There has been a lot of attention paid to the Media Rating Council (MRC) lately, particularly its on going accreditation process for Arbitron’s Portable People...
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Menendez praises Arbitron probe, Arbitron responds

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The decision by the State of New Jersey to take a good hard look at Arbitron’s PPM methodology was applauded by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), one of those legislators concerned about alleged undercounts of minority audiences...
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Eastlan Spring Ratings in Mid-Markets

Executives continue to duel with Arbitron over numerous issues and then you have Cumulus’ long-awaited RFP for another ratings services for mid-size markets. So far...
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Eastlan snags 36 Station Group

Frustrated with sample size problems in small markets, New Northwest Broadcasters  has gone with Eastlan Ratings in a long term contract. New Northwest President/CEO Pete...
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April Webcast Metrics Ratings

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Ando Media has released its monthly Internet Radio Top 20, a listing of the top performing Internet radio stations and networks measured by its Webcast...
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