Nielsen and Beasley investigate allegations of PPM ratings distortion in Tampa.
http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2977514&spid=24698
http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2977514&spid=24698
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Isn't Tampa/St. Pete a PPM market?
The article I read in TBO.commentioned metering devices and although it's beyond me, I'm sure that some tech savvy people would know how to manipulate the meters and nothing would surprise me..... I guess all the facts will come out after Neilsen completes their investigation into this.
TODAY (9/28) ALL ACCESS has confirmed that the show airing is a "Best Of," and there's no word on when BUBBA will be returning to the airwaves live. BUBBA was in "Best Of" mode on FRIDAY (9/25), as well, telling FOX 13 NEWS/TAMPA that he was unaware of the allegations and was off the air for "treatment of an injury following a fall."
If this comes out as true, I believe this would be the end for him and Beasley. I also have to wonder if this won't lead to him getting dropped by other companies just to insure themselves against this happening elsewhere, if it hasn't already happened.
Probably not. The guy's like a cockroach and they survive anything short of a nuclear blast. Beasley? What a great company...Could this be the beginning of the end for Bubba at Beasley?
So are we to take from this that his numbers came in really strong this last period? How would Nielsen know if someone affiliated with Bubba contacted someone with a meter? Can anyone send in a complaint? I expected the station to perform better overall, I still like the format. They could lose the Kansas song, but yeah. I don't know if this is a career ending thing, people have survived it in the past. Leslee Lacey had some ratings controversy back in the day and now she does the traffic for Channel 8.
This piece of filth should be blacklisted from the business.