- Last Saturday’s Vanderbilt/Florida game drew a 1.8 U.S. rating and 2.9 million viewers on ESPN2, up 50% in ratings and 64% in viewership from a 1.2 and 1.8 million for last year’s comparable Tennessee/South Carolina game. Vanderbilt/Florida on ESPN2 outdrew Florida State/Clemson on ESPN head-to-head (1.4, 2.2 mil). (Sports Business Daily)
- ESPN drew a 2.1 U.S. rating and 3.1 million viewers for Northwestern/Iowa last Saturday afternoon, up 17% and 22%, respectively, from a 1.8 and 2.5 million for Wisconsin/Michigan St. in the same timeslot last year. This marks the second straight week that ESPN’s top college football game of the week took place in the Noon ET timeslot. (Sports Business Daily)
- NBC drew a 1.9 rating for last week’s Navy/Notre Dame game, flat compared to last year’s matchup between the teams on CBS, but down 17% from a 2.3 for their ’07 tilt on NBC. Compared to the previous week’s primetime Washington St./Notre Dame matchup, Navy/Notre Dame was up 36%. (Sports Business Daily)
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...
