All The Excess! has received several communiques from a group calling itself "RadiOppressed," an underground anti-Portable People Meter (PPM) organization threatening to wage a non-violent jihad against Arbitron's electronic ratings measurement system."We will take the battle underground in the style of the protest movements of the sixties," says the latest release.
RadiOppressed's slogan is "Give us back the ratings we're used to, or we'll give you a really big headache!"
Apparently RadiOppressed is dissatisfied with bureaucratic means of stopping PPM rollout and promises take matters into its own hands, while pledging any disturbance will be non-violent. No leaders or members of RadiOppressed have been identified, but sources say there is a possibility that the group is indirectly funded by the nation's third-largest Hispanic broadcaster, Radio Juan, a company that claims its stations' ratings have been fractionalized by the PPM methodology.
Arbitron had no comment, and Radio Juan representatives flatly refused to talk about the existence of any such group, plus denied any funding efforts on the company's part.
Stand by for more on this developing story here on All The Excess!
