Tunkle Named Arbitron’s PPM Station Liaison

Arbitron has named Richard Tunkle as manager of New Business Development for TV, Cable and Multimedia Services. Tunkle will work with television stations, broadcast and cable networks and station groups, cable interconnects and Multiple System Operators in both New York City and Philadelphia. He will serve as the liaison for broadcast stations, cable operators and networks, and multimedia corporations as Arbitron introduces the Portable People Meter in Philadelphia this year.
Prior to joining Arbitron, Tunkle worked as an account executive for a radio sales division of Interep. He joined Arbitron in 1995 as a training specialist and three years later he was named as an account executive for Radio Station Services. In 1999, Tunkle joined Scarborough Research as vice president of Radio Sales and returned to Arbitron in 2001 as manager of Streaming Media Sales.