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General Category => PBA => Topic started by: Hogsharley on April 15, 2008, 03:17:00 PM
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http://www.bowl.com/articleView.aspx?i=14247&f=1
I guess we can thank Rob Stone and his hambone.
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PBA increases households, viewers on ESPN in 2007-08
4/15/2008
Denny's Professional Bowlers Association Tour telecasts on ESPN during the 2007-08 season saw a five percent increase in average household audience and a four percent increase in total viewers from the 2006-07 season.
The 21 telecasts on ESPN averaged 745,000 households, up from 710,000 in 2006-07 - a five percent increase - and was a seven percent increase over the 698,000 average household audience in 2005-06.
Additionally, an average of 901,298 total viewers tuned in to the telecasts, a four percent increase over the 867,022 who watched in 2006-07.
The overall average rating of .80 was equal to the 2006-07 overall rating.
The 2008 Motel 6 Dick Weber Open in Fountain Valley, Calif., was the most-watched event on the Tour in 2007-08, averaging 1.3 million households, up eight percent from last year's telecast.
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3 holes of fun!!
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For comparison, those numbers are right in line with what the IndyCar Series gets when it is on ESPN or ESPN2.
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not to forget the viewers ons youtube

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