Brad Sham out of football voice of...FC Dallas
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Sham says the the local professional soccer team has told him that his broadcasting services are no longer needed. Sham called 12 seasons of games for Dallas Burn/FC Dallas. Sham would have liked to continue the relationship. "I loved it," he said of calling FC Dallas games. "I was looking forward to another season." FC Dallas' season kicks off March 27 when Houston viisits Pizza Hut Park.  Comments (6) Leave comment
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It had nothing to do with hockey and everything to do with the Olympics. It wasn't about sport, it was about the team names on the sweaters headed to the laundry. If that was a USA-Brazil soccer game or a USA-Russia basketball game played on a Sunday afternoon with no NFL competition, would the rating have surpassed the 15.2 that the great hockey game earned? Well, if the soccer game or basketball game was as competitive as the hockey game was, I'd have to say both would have surpassed the soccer game. Yes, both. Given the same circumstances, I'd have to say the basketball game would have done 33 percent and the soccer game a couple of ratings points better. Nothing against hockey but the TV-watching demographics would be better for the others. Comments (1) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Last words on USA-Canada boffo rating in gold medal game" is tagged: Hockey , NBC Winter Olympics So USA-Canada gold medal hockey averaged 27.6 million viewers. Here are some comparative numbers for my friend Phil, who actually asked me if the game would outdraw the Super Bowl. Phil can be excused. He is a baseball guy. 2010 Super Bowl (106.5 million) Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Watching the numbers: USA-Canada viewership" is tagged: TV Ratings , USA-Canada Gold Medal Hockey Game March 1, 2010
It was the most watched television broadcast ever north of the border. It averaged 16.6 million viewers. That means almost half of Canadian population watched the entire game while 80 percent of Canadians (26.5 million) watched some part of the game. USA-Canada was aired on nine networks in eight languages via Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. The English language call from Chris Cuthbert on the game-winning goal: "Crosby scores! Sidney Crosby! The golden goal! And Canada has once-in-a-lifetime Olympic gold!. These Golden Games have their crowning moment." Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Hockeymania: Canadian ratings for Sunday's Canada-USA gold medal game" is tagged: Canada , Ratings , USA-Canada Gold Medal Hockey Game
All us who thought Sunday's USA-Canada gold medal game would be the most-watched, highest-rated hockey game ever on American television...well...we were wrong. You just can't beat the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" team. Sunday's 3-2 victory in OT by Canada over Team USA averaged 27.6 million viewers and earned a 15.2 rating. The 1980 USA victory over the Soviet Union in a 1980 semifinal, broadcast on tape delay, averaged 34.2 million viewers and a 23.9 rating. The gold medal victory over Finland averaged 32.8 million viewers and a 23.2 rating. In D-FW, the USA-Canada game scored a relatively modest 13.5 rating. Here's the Top 5 most-watched hockey games this side of the Canadian border
Flip the page for the Top 25 markets for USA-Canada gold medal game
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Hockeymania: U.S. ratings for Sunday's Canada-USA gold medal game" is tagged: Hockey , NBC Winter Olympics February 26, 2010
Any which way you look at it, January was a dominant sports talk ratings month for the boys at The Ticket. It was the station's best month since computing ratings moved from written diaries to a high tech electronic system more than a year ago. The stations' ratings in men 25-54 were beyond boffo. It was No. 1 in the entire Dallas-Fort Worth radio universe in men 25-54, the most important indicator in the sports talk universe. ESPN, on the strength of Mavericks games, was No. 1 among the sports stations after 7 p.m. And for whatever it's worth: Cowboys radio ratings on its new flagship, The Fan, were down this season. From Week 3 through the end of the season, they were down almost 11 percent among listeners 12 years old and up. Among men 25-54, the ratings were down 29 percent. Comments (63) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Radio Daze: January ratings are in and The Ticket marches on" is tagged: Radio Ratings February 24, 2010
The headline says it all. Game time is 2 pm. Opponent: Winner of Czech Republic-Finland game. Comments (2) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "USA semifinal hockey game ticketed for NBC on Friday" is tagged: Ice Hockey , NBC Winter Olympics Scott Van Pelt gets punked by Brian Westbrook impostor
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NBC is pleased as punch with the gigantic cable rating the USA-Canada game got for MSNBC on Sunday night, The 8.2 million viewers the network got is second only to its election night coverage in 2008. It has no misgivings about going with taped skiing and ice dancing on over-the-air NBC. "You do know that 53 percent of the Olympic audience is women," one NBC wag told me. The network has volumes of research information indicating that it's audience, which is not a hardcore sports audience, prefers sequins to slap shots. And I'll just point this out (and I hate to defend NBC): The network's job is not to grow the NHL. The reason the NHL is on NBC for no rights fee is because it could not get a better over-the-air deal anywhere else. Would there have been as much bellyaching if the game was on cable's ESPN, which also is not in as many homes as NBC? The network also made the game available in HD. No HD? Blame the cable carrier. Those of us who watched hockey were treated to a lifetime memory. Go discuss. Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "NBC not second-guessing itself on U.S.-Canada cablecast" is tagged: Hockey , NBC Winter Olympics February 23, 2010
I didn't get to watch Big Monday on ESPN last night as I was wrapped up in the Winter Olympics and the Mavericks-Pacers. Did I miss a Brent Musburger or Bob Knight reference during the Oklahoma-Kansas game to one of college basketball's seminal moments that occurred 25 years ago today? Surely, you remember this: Comments (1) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Happy 25th anniversary to Bob Knight, the chair man" is tagged: Bob Knight , ESPN February 22, 2010
It was bigger than big north of the border. It was the most-watched sports program in Canadian history. Let me repeat: It was the most-watched sports program in Canadian history. Here's the news release from our Canadian friends: Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "USA-Canada Olympic Hockey set Canadian TV record!!!" is tagged: Canada , Winter Olympic Ratings Maybe it's time to load up the truck and head north. What kind of country is this or what? NBC's average viewership figures for Sunday night read thusly: In ratingspeak: Ice Hockey 4.3; Ice Dancing et al: 13.2. You think that would happen in Canada? I will hold my tongue and not advise the NHL to incorporate ice dancing into its games as it has the dastardly shootout. Beside, who would lead Steve Ott or Brenden Morrow? Comments (8) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Olympics: Ice Dancing 23.3 - Ice Hockey 8.2" is tagged: NBC Winter Olympics
Found this over at The Fan's website. Good thing she was wasn't wearing a T.O. jersey, She should have called my pal Vince DeBlasis. Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Still not good to be a Cowboys fan in Philadelphia" is tagged: Dallas Cowboys , Philadelphia Eagles It was live and in color on cable's MSNBC while NBC was showing taped skiing, skating and ice dancing. I'm not sure why anyone would really complain about the game on cable. MSNBC is available in 92 million homes about 6 million less than ESPN. We all know that hockey is a cable sport. I have Verizon Fios, which means I got to see the game in HD, which many others did not. That's the only knock. On the other hand, the beauty of the MSNBC telecast was the sparsity of commercials. The game felt like a sprint from start to finish. And if you ever had any doubt about the genius of Mike Emrick's play-by-play, I'm sure there can be no doubt this morning. Comments (5) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Olympic hockey: USA 5, Canada 3" is tagged: Ice Hockey , NBC Winter Olympics February 19, 2010
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