But you weren't an *employee* of a commercial station, you were a *volunteer* air talent at a non-commercial one. Employees and their families are supposed to be screened out of ratings participation, as are employees/families of advertising agencies. The big difference is that your participation could not have skewed the ratings in favor of a station that was providing you with a paycheck.
Note that back in June, a Univision executive was fired because he had access to several Portable People Meters and set them to "listen" to their main FM station in Los Angeles (said FM leapfrogged to the top of the ratings in the April "book"): *Los Angeles Times* article <http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-univision-ratings-scandal-20140617-story.html> That's why media employees are supposed to be screened out of participation, and I stand by my statement on Nielsen sloppiness. On Saturday, September 20, 2014 12:50:36 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > I participated in the radio ratings diary when I was in college, despite > the fact I worked as a DJ at my college's alt. station at the time. In > fairness, while I did state that I listened to my own show... with five > other people... I also noted that I listened to a lot more NPR than I did, > so I think it balanced out. > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Bob Jersey <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> 14 of the 154 markets where viewing is still chronicled in those widdle >> booklets will shortly switch to set-top boxes which read digital signatures >> within channels' audio feeds to determine what someone is watching... a >> company official denied that the cost of the new equipment would >> necessarily raise stations' fees to the ratings firm down the road... >> >> TVNewsCheck >> <http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/79400/nielsen-diaries-finally-on-the-way-out?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tvnewscheck.com%2farticle%2f79400%2fnielsen-diaries-finally-on-the-way-out&utm_campaign=Nielsen%3a+Diaries+Finally+On+The+Way+Out> >> >> (link) >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
