Arbitron News

ARBITRON's board of directors has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend 10 cents per common share.

A studio microphone at WRKS-FM in April, shortly before it merged with WBLS. The station was replaced by ESPN Radio.

Arbitron Inc is a market research company that has, since 1912, estimated the size and composition of radio audiences for broadcasters and advertisers.

Although ARBITRON revealed in a recent RAC conference call that it's in the process of building prototypes of an online radio ratings system, ARBITRON EVP/COO SEAN CREAMER intimated that its over-the-air radio partners aren't especially keen to see it launched.

The Abritron Board of Directors has appointed 47 year old Sean Creamer Chief Financial Officer until a new CFO is hired.

The RADIO ADVISORY COUNCIL met the press soon after its meeting with ARBITRON adjourned, and while RAC Chairman DON BENSON highlighted several issues discussed in the meeting -- such as a PPM "encoding software developer kit," improvements in its Leapfrog project and marketing mix modeling -- the hottest topics continued to be sampling size and ... (more)

ARBITRON has released PPM data on major league baseball's Opening Day 2012 ratings.