matter2003 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Buffalo got a 7.3 rating, which doesn't even include all those like myself, watching on CBC...which probably pushes it to a 12-14 rating... Chicago had the highest at a 22.7, LA third at a 4.3... Shouldn't be any suprise, we almost always have the highest rating other than the 2 cities whose teams are playing, and sometimes including them, embarrassingly enough... We are the best hockey market in the US and we prove it every time the ratings come out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 NHL probably would have preferred a CHI/NY final for the ratings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 4.3 in LA = about 250,000 TVs 7.3 in Buffalo = about 45,000 TVs If you're talking TV Audience, we are a terrible Hockey Market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 But this one goes to 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 http://forums.sabrespace.com/topic/22558-semifinals-thread/page__st__640#entry586181 Already talked about there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter2003 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) 4.3 in LA = about 250,000 TVs 7.3 in Buffalo = about 45,000 TVs If you're talking TV Audience, we are a terrible Hockey Market. Ok, add another 750,000 people in the suburbs and its likely even higher considering 80% of Buffalo is African American and while some are big hockey fans, most aren't. Plus that doesn't count CBC ratings. http://forums.sabrespace.com/topic/22558-semifinals-thread/page__st__640#entry586181 Already talked about there... So now we are supposed to read every post of every thread to see if something is talked about there in a post? SMFH... Edited June 2, 2014 by matter2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny DangerFace Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 So now we are supposed to read every post of every thread to see if something is talked about there in a post? SMFH... No you can start threads. But tank will come and tell you if you should of or if it's being talked about elsewhere for some reason. (We don't know why) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Ok, add another 750,000 people in the suburbs and its likely even higher considering 80% of Buffalo is African American and while some are big hockey fans, most aren't. Plus that doesn't count CBC ratings. My numbers include the entire buffalo viewing area, which stretches from the border to Olean. Probably doesn't include the CBC! so there's that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dEnnis the Menace Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 No you can start threads. But tank will come and tell you if you should of or if it's being talked about elsewhere for some reason. (We don't know why) Thread Nazi? like the soup nazi...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I think everyone should start their own thread on every subject.... That would be "fun" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dEnnis the Menace Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I think everyone should start their own thread on every subject.... That would be "fun" :lol: a thread for you, a thread for you, a thread for everyone! :blink: :ph34r: ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter2003 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) My numbers include the entire buffalo viewing area, which stretches from the border to Olean. Probably doesn't include the CBC! so there's that! If a rating point is equal to 1% and there are well over 1 million people just in Erie and Niagara county combined, not even including the southern tier counties, how exactly does a 7.3 equate to 45,000? I come up with closer to 100,000, not including CBC, which probably adds another 30-40,000 on top of that if not more... Still making a joke of the LA market who has 5 times our population and whose team was IN THE GAME!! Edited June 2, 2014 by matter2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 If a rating point is equal to 1% and there are well over 1 million people in Erie and Niagara county combined, not even including the southern tier counties, how exactly does a 7.3 equate to 45,000? I come up with closer to 100,000, not including CBC, which probably adds another 30-40,000 on top of that... It's 1% of TVs, not people. Even if we get all the way up to 2 Million people in Buffalo, the LA Metro has 18 Million. We'd have to beat them by nearly 10x in ratings to be a "better Market", I should specify, that's TV-Households, not total tv sets. so a house with 3 tvs would still count as 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 NHL probably would have preferred a CHI/NY final for the ratings. No question; like I said in the semifinals thread, there will be few viewers in the US west of Buffalo (until you get to LA). But this one goes to 11. Everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter2003 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 It's 1% of TVs, not people. Even if we get all the way up to 2 Million people in Buffalo, the LA Metro has 18 Million. We'd have to beat them by nearly 10x in ratings to be a "better Market", I should specify, that's TV-Households, not total tv sets. so a house with 3 tvs would still count as 1. In terms of numbers, but it still reflects poorly that a place with no vested interest still has a higher percentage of its viewers watching than a team whose playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) In terms of numbers, but it still reflects poorly that a place with no vested interest still has a higher percentage of its viewers watching than a team whose playing Absolutely! but they ad dollars go to the eyeballs. If the Sabres were playing in that game last night, they might have reached a 40% rating and competed with LAs numbers. But Chicago had more TVs tuned into the game than Buffalo has TVs. Even 100% rating wouldn't have been #1 in terms of eyeballs. Edited June 2, 2014 by Glass Case Of Emotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Absolutely! but they ad dollars go to the eyeballs. That's why Pirate Island doesn't get any advertisarrrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Nick Walenda!..... Food Trucks!..... We're Rollin'!!!...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 That's why Pirate Island doesn't get any advertisarrrs. Nothing's free in Waterworld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico7 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 But this one goes to 11. So why don't you just make 10 louder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I felt a disturbance in the force... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I felt a disturbance in the force... I did too, but I was thinking about my wife. You better not be feeling the same disturbance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 NBCSportsPR @NBCSportsPR · Top 5 Markets for last night's Stanley Cup Final Game 1: NY, 10.1; Buffalo, 8.5; L.A., 7.1; Boston, 6.8; Providence, 5.4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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