- Thursday night’s Jaguars/Eagles game, featuring Michael Vick‘s Eagles debut, drew 813,000 viewers in Philadelphia — up 107% over last week’s game, and up 26% over the 643,000 viewers who tuned into the Eagles’ preseason game on August 13, the night Vick signed with the team.
- FOX drew a 3.7/7 final rating and 5.8 million viewers for Thursday’s Dolphins/Buccaneers preseason game, up 85% in ratings and 107% in viewers from a 2.0 and 2.8 million for Jaguars/Washington on NBC on the comparable date last year. FOX averaged a 4.1 rating and 6.3 million viewers for its three NFL preseason games, up 65% and 66%, respectively, from a 2.6 and 3.8 million last year.
- Final round coverage of the Wyndham Championship drew a 1.6/4 final rating and 2.3 million viewers, up 78% in ratings from a 0.9/2 last year, and up 33% from a 1.2/3 in ’07. The 1.6 rating is the best for the Wyndham Championship since it moved to its current date in ’07. Third round coverage on Saturday drew a 0.8/2 and 971,000 viewers, up 14% in ratings from last year’s 0.7/2.
On the Air: John Sterling and the bond between baseball radio voices and fans
On the latest "On the Air," Armand Broady examines the bond between baseball radio voices and fans in the...
