The Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan in DC today had local WJLA Channel 7 sports reporter Britt McHenry in their Fairfax studio today, and it was basically a one hour drool session for them where they acted like lovesick…
6/6 – Evert Joins ESPN Tennis Coverage
Chris Evert, one of the most accomplished tennis players in history, has joined ESPN to serve as an analyst for ESPN’s extensive schedule at Wimbledon and the US Open. She will make her debut, working both in the studio and…
6/6 – French Open Ratings Mixed
The first weekend of the French Open put up mixed numbers on NBC. Coverage of the season’s second Grand Slam earned a 0.8 U.S. rating and 1.098 million viewers last Saturday, down 11% in ratings and 15% in viewership from…
6/6 – NBA Finals Up In Viewership Through Two Games
The NBA Finals on ABC are averaging 15,347,000 viewers through two games, up 28 percent over the 2006 Finals average of 11,964,000 (when Dallas and Miami previously met) and up three percent in viewership over last year’s average of 14,913,000…
6/6 – Game 2 Lost Viewers for Stanley Cup Final
On the lowest rated night of the week, the second game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final suffered a substantial decline in overnight ratings. Game 2 of the Bruins-Canucks series earned a 2.5 overnight rating on NBC Saturday night, down…
6/6 – ESPN 980 Delaying Podcasts, Pushing Radio Listening
Redskins owner Dan Snyder’s sports talker ESPN 980, WTEM, is now delaying its internet podcast by 24 hours. You can’t listen to a replay of a show on the web until a full day after it’s aired on the radio.…