Arbitron Inc. Corrects Conference Call Statement.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001

Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) today held a conference call discussing its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001.

During the call, William J. Walsh, Arbitron's Chief Financial Officer mistakenly noted that the Company recorded $5.9 million in selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for the quarter. The actual SG&A expense for the quarter was approximately $12.5 million, as was correctly indicated in the Company press release issued earlier this morning.

About Arbitron

Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) is an international media and marketing research firm serving radio broadcasters, cable companies, advertisers, advertising agencies and outdoor advertising companies in the United States, Mexico and Europe. Arbitron's core businesses are measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media and product patterns of local market consumers; and providing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data. Arbitron Webcast Services measures the audiences of audio and video content on the Internet, commonly known as webcasts. The Company is developing the Portable People Meter, a new technology for radio, TV and cable ratings.

Arbitron's marketing and business units are supported by a world-renowned research and technology organization located in Columbia, Maryland. Arbitron has approximately 750 full-time employees; its executive offices are located in New York City.

Through its Scarborough Research joint venture with VNU Media Measurement & Information, Arbitron also provides media and marketing research services to the broadcast television, magazine, newspaper and online industries.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements regarding Arbitron in this release that are not historical in nature, particularly those that utilize terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "likely," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "believes" or "plans," or comparable terminology, are forward-looking statements based on current expectations about future events, which Arbitron has derived from the information currently available to it. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our results to be materially different from results implied in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include whether we will be able to:

- realize the benefits we expect to achieve from our spin-off from Ceridian
Corporation;

- renew contracts with large customers as they expire;

- successfully execute our business strategies, including timely implementation
of our Portable People Meter and our Webcast Ratings services, as well as
expansion of international operations;

- benefit from further consolidation in the radio industry; and

- keep up with rapidly changing technological needs of our customer base,
including creating new products and services that meet these needs.

Additional important factors known to Arbitron that could cause forward-looking statements to turn out to be incorrect are identified and discussed from time to time in Arbitron's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in particular the risk factors discussed under the caption "ITEM 1. BUSINESS - Business Risks" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which discussion is incorporated herein by reference.

The forward-looking statements contained in this release speak only as of the date hereof, and Arbitron undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.