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From: lkw@csun.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <236@csun.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-May-86 16:34:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 26 16:34:05 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 28-May-86 04:09:27 EDT
References: <896@vortex> <12200001@hpclld>
Reply-To: lkw@csun.UUCP (Larry Wake)
Organization: California State University, Northridge
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Summary: Arbitron uses logbooks, not boxes

In <12200001@hpclld> Pnews thinks chip@hpclld wrote:
>OK, I can't keep quiet.  Arbitron DOES use the boxes.  In fact, I think
>that's ALL they use.  If Nielson uses them too, that's great, but I
>thought it was an Arbitron exclusive (patented?).
>
>Chip Chapin -- HP Computer Language Lab (ITG/ISO/CLL)

We were an Arbitron "family" (four people sharing a house, actually) a 
couple of years ago.  They provided us with a logbook to record our
viewing habits in, and even paid us a couple of Arbitron Dollars for our
efforts.  This is why during ratings "sweeps" periods, you'll hear
stations give their station ID in this manner: "Arbitron viewers, be
sure to record that you're watching KXYZ, channel 84."  No boxes, just
the crystal-pure faith the Arbitron Corporation places in upright
families such as our own to honestly and intelligently guide the
television viewers of America into the 21st century.
-- 
Larry Wake                   uucp:   {ihnp4 | hplabs | psivax}!csun!lkw
CSUN Computer Center         BITNET: RETPLKW@CALSTATE
Northridge, CA 91330         ARPA:   RETPLKW%CALSTATE@WISCVM.WISC.EDU
"He's no fun, he fell right over."