Arbitron Inc. announced that it has commercialized its Portable People Meter radio ratings service in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida market and is releasing radio audience estimates for the June 2009 PPMTM survey month to its subscribers in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood.
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Florida AG sues Arbitron over PPM.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum filed a lawsuit against Arbitron, Inc., seeking to block the release of flawed radio station ratings. The lawsuit states that Arbitron’s sampling methodology produces unreliable ratings that significantly undercount minority listeners and has thus failed to achieve accreditation in most markets.
Station swaps give Univision Radio a Big Stick in NYC.
Univision Radio will pay the Times Company $33.5 million to exchange the FCC 105.9 FM broadcast license and transmitting equipment for the Times Company’s license, equipment and stronger signal at 96.3 FM.
The RAB Should Know Better. Bravo Eric Rhoads of Radio Ink Magazine!
I smell a rat.
Opinion piece by Radio Ink publisher Eric Rhoads.
A Mexican voice on gringo radio.
Jose Chavez “J-Si” is the latest crew member of the syndicated morning show Kidd Kraddik in the Morning. Born in Mexico City, JC moved to California in 1991. He had aspirations of becoming a nurse until he accidentally fell into radio working as an intern in San Diego. He liked it so much he decided to make it a career. A couple of years ago he got picked up by the Kidd Kraddik in the Morning show, moved to Dallas and since has obtained great popularity among listeners, especially Hispanics who identify with and admire him. JC has brought a true Latino point of view to the show. To listen CLICK above.
Univision withholds PPM encoding.
According to Inside Radio, Univision stations in Miami, Phoenix and San Diego have received PPM pre-currency reports. But something was noticeably absent — data regarding stations owned by outspoken PPM critic Univision. Frustrated with the pace of improvement, it has refused to encode.
Federal Communications Commission to initiate inquiry into PPM.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiate an inquiry into whether Arbitron’s deployment of its new audience measurement system, the portable people meter (PPM), was undermining the Commission’s efforts to promote media diversity and expand ownership opportunities for businesses owned by people of color.
The Infinite Dial 2009: Radio’s Digital Platforms.
In the latest study from Arbitron and Edison Research, radio expands its reach beyond the AM and FM bands, and how users of online radio are spending their time with other forms of media.
Citadel Media en Espanol launches weekday radio show with Maria Marin.
Citadel Media en Espanol announced that the show with Maria Marin is expanding to include weekdays Monday-Friday in addition to its regular Sunday evening timeslot.
Univision Radio refuses to sell with PPM.
According to Inside Radio, Univision Radio has decided not to sell advertisers and agencies with the use of Arbitron Personal People Meter (PPM) ratings data.
The reasons are simple. inaccurate and biased ratings that reflect the listenership of Hispanic formatted radio stations.
