Rays FSN viewership up 32.4%

by RATW on Jul 9, 2008 2:13 AM EDT

Mirroring the increase in attendance, the Rays TV ratings have seen a healthy gain over last year. Source: SportsBusinessJournal.com
RSN	Team	2008 avg. rating (% change)	Households avg. (% change)
CSN Chicago	Cubs	4.87 (51.2%)	169,000 (52.3%)
FSN Florida	Rays	2.77 (31.3%)	49,000 (32.4%)
FSN South	Braves	3.31 (23.0%)	76,000 (28.8%)
FSN Rocky Mountain	Rockies	3.56 (16.0%)	53,000 (20.5%)
FSN Ohio	Reds	5.78 (14.9%)	52,000 (15.6%)
CSN Chicago	White Sox	1.82 (13.8%)	63,000 (14.5%)
SunSports	Marlins	3.49 (11.9%)	54,000 (12.5%)
FSN Midwest	Cardinals	8.04 (5.9%)	100,000 (7.5%)
CSN Bay Area	A's	2.09 (5.6%)	51,000 (8.5%)
FSN Florida	Marlins	3.41 (5.2%)	52,000 (4.0%)
FSN Southwest	Rangers	1.49 (4.2%)	36,000 (5.9%)
CSN Philadelphia	Phillies	5.02 (3.9%)	148,000 (4.2%)
MASN/MASN2	Orioles	3.05 (1.7%)	33,000 (0.0%)
YES	Yankees	4.40 (0.0%)	325,000 (0.3%)
FSN Wisconsin	Brewers	6.73 (-0.9%)	60,000 (0.0%)
FSN North	Twins	6.92 (-6.9%)	118,000 (-5.6%)
CSN Bay Area	Giants	2.51 (-7.4%)	61,000 (-6.2%)
SportSouth	Braves	3.24 (-8.2%)	75,000 (-3.8%)
FSN Detroit	Tigers	6.16 (-9.5%)	119,000 (-9.8%)
SportsNet New York	Mets	2.76 (-10.4%)	204,000 (-10.1%)
SportsTime Ohio	Indians	4.45 (-12.4%)	68,000 (-12.8%)
FSN Arizona	Diamondbacks	3.92 (-16.9%)	71,000 (-12.3%)
FSN West	Angels	1.24 (-17.9%)	70,000 (-17.6%)
NESN	Red Sox	9.75 (-19.4%)	233,000 (-18.8%)
FSN Pittsburgh	Pirates	2.96 (-21.9%)	34,000 (-22.7%)
FSN Prime Ticket	Dodgers	1.57 (-22.7%)	89,000 (-21.9%)
FSN Southwest	Astros	3.36 (-25.7%)	69,000 (-28.1%)
Cox/SD4	Padres	5.08 (-30.6%)	53,000 (-29.3%)
MASN/MASN2	Nationals	0.39 (-43.5%)	9,000 (-43.8%)
FSN Northwest	Mariners	4.67 (-47.2%)	83,000 (-45.4%)
FSN Kansas City*	Royals	3.01 (NA)	28,000 (NA)
* Royals games aired locally on KC Metro Sports last year, making comparisons not applicable. Note: Comparable data for the Blue Jays was unavailable.

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BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Jul 9, 2008 2:33 AM EDT reply actions

FAIL

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 9, 2008 3:20 AM EDT up reply actions

This is very interesting

Thank you for posting this, I have never seen something this statistically explicit on local team TV ratings.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 9, 2008 3:20 AM EDT reply actions

How many people in Central Florida with Bright House networks and the same Comcast deal I have, DON’T have FSN? You’d probably be looking at the biggest increase rather than 2nd biggest if everyone had it…

by McLovin2.0 on Jul 9, 2008 3:52 AM EDT reply actions

Jeez, we have better viewership than the O's and Nats combined

It would be even better if Bright House Orlando carried FSN Florida.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

by Orlando Rays on Jul 9, 2008 7:20 AM EDT reply actions

Wow they love their Twins

up in Minnesota

by Sveet on Jul 9, 2008 9:05 AM EDT reply actions

Does this not show the figues for ION

by Sveet on Jul 9, 2008 9:06 AM EDT reply actions

No

This is only Regional Sports Network ratings, ION is considered to be in a separate category for over the air networks.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 9, 2008 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

I wonder if the Rays were ever as bad as the Nats

by Sveet on Jul 9, 2008 11:52 AM EDT reply actions

Probably not

The Marlins and Rays have very strong television contracts founded upon a generally high level of interest in televised sports in this area. I’m sure we scraped the bottom of the American League at some point, but I doubt that we ever reached the consistent level of ratings futility that the Nationals are seeing.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 9, 2008 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Semi-OT:

People seem to be wearing alot more Rays gear out … almost like when the Bucs first got good you saw a huge increase in their merchandise being worn. For example last night at the DMB concert i saw alot of people wearing rays gear.

Really good to see.

Protect the Trop: Keep northerners out.

by St Pete Native on Jul 10, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply actions

Much better than

The Hollister hats/shirts worn by most of the DMB fanbase.

For the record, I respect the Dave Matthews Band GREATLY…But I always seem to get stuck next to ‘that fan’ when I go to their shows.

by GomesSweetGomes on Jul 11, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions

ION vs Brighthouse

I think that scale is unfair because that doesn’t include ION. How many of you guys watch ION , and how many see games do u watch through something else like brighthouse? AND which do u guys think is better … Im a fan of ION myself.. what do u guys think?

by RaysRule on Jul 14, 2008 1:41 PM EDT reply actions

The scale is fair precisely because it excludes ION

ION is an over-the-air television network, the ones listed here are all Regional Sports Networks. Fewer and fewer teams have made a point of putting their games on over-the-air TV in recent years because more money can be gleaned from going to cable. No doubt, ION gets higher ratings, as do most over-the-air network telecasts as compared to their cable partners. That’s why throwing ION in would skew the comparison.

FWIW, I have cable on Bright House, so it doesn’t matter to me. I understand those who don’t have cable disliking the FSN games, but I like them better for several reasons:

1. The FSN games have pregame shows occasionally, whereas the ION ones never do.
2. The FSN games are sometimes followed or preceded by “Inside the Rays”, which is somewhat interesting. For comparison, ION games are preceded by some crappy game show and are followed by a televangelist or some crappy sitcom.
3. Most importantly, the FSN games get crystal-clear reception. The ION telecasts get quite a bit of static.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on Jul 16, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions