Arbitron Inc. Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Scheduled for July 18, 2002.

Business Editors

Arbitron Inc. (NYSE:ARB) announced today that it will release its second quarter 2002 results on Thursday, July 18, 2002 during pre-market hours.

Following the announcement, Arbitron will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The Company invites you to listen to the call at the following telephone number: 800/683-1535. The call will also be available live on the Internet at the following sites: www.arbitron.com, www.ccbn.com and www.streetevents.com.

A replay of the call will be available from 12:00 p.m. on July 18, 2002 through 11:59 p.m. on July 25, 2002. To access the replay, please call 877/519-4471 in the United States or 973/341-3080 outside the United States. To access the replay, users will need to enter the following code: 3363044.

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 and Europe. Arbitron's core businesses are measuring radio audiences in local markets 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 700 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; -- 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.

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