Media Rating Council grants accreditation to five additional markets

Columbia, Md.—Arbitron Inc. announced that the Media Rating Council (MRC) has extended accreditation of the radio average-quarter-hour monthly ratings data produced by the Portable People Meter ratings service to five additional markets.

The markets are: Baltimore; Los Angeles; Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.; San Antonio; and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.

The MRC also voted to continue accreditation in nine markets: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, Kansas City, Mo., Milwaukee-Racine, Wis., Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., Philadelphia, Phoenix and St. Louis.

Originally posted on: 7/19/12