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FCC member seeks probe into radio ratings system

By JOELLE TESSLER AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission is calling on the agency to investigate whether a new electronic measurement system used by Arbitron...

FCC Member Adds Pressure On Arbitron (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

A Democratic Federal Communications Commission member called Tuesday for the agency to launch a formal investigation of Arbitron Inc.'s new electronic radio-ratings system, raising the odds that the agency will look into the...

Nielsen Measures Radio Listenership for Cumulus, Clear Channel

Nielsen is now in direct competition with Arbitron when it comes to radio audience measurement in the U.S. Nielsen announced today that starting in 2009, the company will provide audience measurement...

Lipstick Jungle: Is It ‘Ah, Nuts’ All over Again?

NBC's Lipstick Jungle, starring Brooke Shields, may not be dead on its feet after all. The former Wednesday night drama was shifted to Friday two weeks ago; reports soon followed that the show was ...

NYT Blows Whistle on ‘Play’

The world of sports advertising is suffering, with sponsors and advertisers becoming harder to come by. In the latest casualty, The New York Times has shut down its quarterly sports magazine, Play, which debuted just two years...

Radio Groups Tweak Programming with Aid of ‘Audience Reaction’ Service

Media Monitors has signed three top radio groups - Citadel, Emmis and Clear Channel - for its new Audience Reaction research service. The service allows radio stations to monitor the effect of their...

Space Operations Contractor Enlists DataDrill Dashboards for Program and Contract Management

NewswireToday (newswire) - 11/16/2008 Fredericksburg, VA United States - Distributive Management announced today that a major player in the U.S. space industry is implementing Distributive’s DataDrill metrics dashboard software...

Ads are everywhere - even on airport baggage carousels

What's next: Ads on the back of a speeding ticket? In the latest incarnation of sales pitches infiltrating our lives in ways we cannot avoid, Kansas City International Airport now has advertisements affixed to at least two of...

Can high-def radio build critical mass?

The new service hasn’t gained traction with consumers. For one thing, the signal can be heard only through special digital radio receivers, and just some of the nation’s radio stations offer extra HD channels. Moreover, the...

High ratings have KKJZ all jazzed-up: Station at CSULB is fifth most-listened-to public station...

LONG BEACH, Nov 15, 2008 (Press-Telegram - The jazz radio station based at Cal State Long Beach saw an increase in its ratings this summer, becoming the fifth most-listened-to public radio station in the nation, officials with...

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