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Arbitron Violation?

R

Randy

Just wondering.....

If a national or syndicated show mentions Arbitron, could there be trouble?

Case in point: ESPN Radio's "Game Night" host opens the hour with his quasi-witty statements including, and I'm paraphrasing here, "tops on your Arbitron fill-out sheet".

Didn't ESPN's Dan Patrick do something similar a couple of years ago?<P ID="signature">______________

AIM - bostonrandy

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> Just wondering.....
>
> If a national or syndicated show mentions Arbitron, could
> there be trouble?
>
> Case in point: ESPN Radio's "Game Night" host opens the hour
> with his quasi-witty statements including, and I'm
> paraphrasing here, "tops on your Arbitron fill-out sheet".
>
> Didn't ESPN's Dan Patrick do something similar a couple of
> years ago?
>

When? FWIW, we'er at the one time of the year when Arbitron isn't
surveying radio stations. Last day of the fall book was 12/14;
Winter book doesn't begin until 1/5....

While I'm sure some stink could be made about the comment, if it
happened during the hiatus, it may not be a big issue.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Ed_Walker on 01/01/06 12:08 AM.</FONT></P>
 
I am unclear of a rule on that. Here in the Bay Area, a station on it's promo will say "Arbitron rated number one."

Is that ok?

> > Just wondering.....
> >
> > If a national or syndicated show mentions Arbitron, could
> > there be trouble?
> >
> > Case in point: ESPN Radio's "Game Night" host opens the
> hour
> > with his quasi-witty statements including, and I'm
> > paraphrasing here, "tops on your Arbitron fill-out sheet".
>
> >
> > Didn't ESPN's Dan Patrick do something similar a couple of
>
> > years ago?
> >
>
> When? FWIW, we'er at the one time of the year when Arbitron
> isn't
> surveying radio stations. Last day of the fall book was
> 12/14;
> Winter book doesn't begin until 1/5....
>
> While I'm sure some stink could be made about the comment,
> if it
> happened during the hiatus, it may not be a big issue.
>
 
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