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Ratings firm sued over radio meters
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Friday sued Arbitron Inc., the largest ratings company for radio in the United States, accusing it of false advertising and deceptive business practices. The lawsuit said the company's new electronic...Tags: New York, Manhattan (New York City), Radio, Litigation, Trials
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NY AG sues radio rater over tracking system
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing a company that tracks radio program ratings because he says their new methods are unfair to minority stations. Cuomo says Arbitron Inc., has a new electronic audience measurement service for radio in New...Tags: New York, Litigation, Trials
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Spike O'Dell leaving morning spot on WGN radio
Tribune media columnistSpike O'Dell, morning man at WGN-AM 720 since 2000, told listeners Friday he intends to follow through on his plan to retire, leaving his radio home of more than two decades in December. No successor has been named, although a station source said there...Tags: Tribune Co., Wally Phillips, Contracts, Radio Industry, Periodicals
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Owned CB radio store on NW Side
Chicago Tribune reporterJohn B. "Jack" Chase opened a CB radio store on Chicago's Northwest Side at the height of the "Breaker-breaker" craze in the mid-1970s, then successfully adapted to new fads in electronics to keep his store vibrant over the next 20 years. Mr. Chase, 78,...Tags: New York, Electronics, Edison Park, Game Playing, Radio
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Arbitron revs up meters
Company uses controversial audience-measuring device to come out early with summer radio ratings for Chicago and seven other markets, despite probable legal action. PAGE 25 -
Christian Music? A New Frontier For Democrats
The Washington PostFans of Christian music, listeners to Christian radio, watchers of Christian TV — you're very attractive, did you know that? After years of living in a quiet, monogamous relationship with the Republican Party, you are being courted by the...Tags: Popular Music, National Government, Salem Communications Corporation, Radio Industry, Christianity
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Arbitron puts out people meter data
Chicago Tribune reporterTwo days ahead of schedule and before court action could prevent it, Arbitron on Monday hustled out its official radio ratings for the quarter ending last month in Chicago and seven other U.S. markets, the first such results culled through eavesdropping...Tags: Tribune Co., Chicago Cubs, CBS Corp., Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Meter running on past radio ratings
So the question for the radio business is: Were your audience figures wrong then, or are they wrong now? Was WGCI-FM 107.5 truly the second-most-popular station in the Chicago market, with a 6 percent share of the audience, as Arbitron reported in its...Tags: New York, General Motors Corp., Film Festivals, Spanish Broadcasting System Incorporated, Radio Industry
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Radio
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he will sue Arbitron Inc., alleging fraudulent business practices over its new method of rating radio broadcasting, which he said seems unfair to minority stations. Cuomo sent a letter dated Thursday to New...Tags: New York, Radio Industry
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Obama weighs in on Arbitron
As all-consuming as the nation's financial crisis would seem to be, to say nothing of the demands of his run for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama nonetheless found time this week to worry about the accuracy of radio ratings. Talk about all things...Tags: Illinois, Electronics, National Government, Therapies, Radio Industry
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Piolin regresa al primer lugar de audiencia
El Show del Piolín por la Mañana transmitido por La Nueva (101.9) de Univisión Radio regresó al primer lugar de audiencia con un 6.5 por ciento en los ratings, según el reporte de primavera dado a conocer ayer por la compaña de medición Arbitron.
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Radio rankings
Average share of listening audience 12 and older: ++++++++++++++++++++ || STATION || WINTER 2008 || SPRING 2008 || || 1. WGN-AM 720 || 5.7 || 6.3 || || 2. WGCI-FM 107.5 || 5.5 || 6.0 || || 3. WVAZ-FM 102.7 || 4.2 || 4.3 || || 4. WOJO-FM...
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