Comments on: Red Sox Ratings Beat Yankees, Mets Combined. http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/06/red-sox-ratings-beat-yankees-mets-combined Watching The New England Sports Media Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/06/red-sox-ratings-beat-yankees-mets-combined#comment-12090 Bruce Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:15:27 +0000 http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=5668#comment-12090 I know I worded it poorly. The population comment was more about the fact that 8% of 600,000 would be less than say, 4% of 8,000,000. If NY is the latter and Boston the former, someone can say that more people are watching the Yankees/Mets then are the Red Sox. If you've got eight million people you've got a lot more diversity and people not interested in baseball or sports. As Ben points out above, the stations here in Boston benefit from that. That's why WFAN gets lower ratings than WEEI, but obviously more people listen to WFAN. I probably should've said something like "Population needs to be factored into the equation." I know I worded it poorly. The population comment was more about the fact that 8% of 600,000 would be less than say, 4% of 8,000,000. If NY is the latter and Boston the former, someone can say that more people are watching the Yankees/Mets then are the Red Sox. If you’ve got eight million people you’ve got a lot more diversity and people not interested in baseball or sports. As Ben points out above, the stations here in Boston benefit from that. That’s why WFAN gets lower ratings than WEEI, but obviously more people listen to WFAN.

I probably should’ve said something like “Population needs to be factored into the equation.”

]]> By: Rick Mc http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/06/red-sox-ratings-beat-yankees-mets-combined#comment-12086 Rick Mc Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:35:07 +0000 http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=5668#comment-12086 <i>Red Sox games regularly attract a higher percentage of the Boston market than what the Yankees and Mets average combined in New York.</i> If it is a percentage of market, how does population factor into it? Red Sox games regularly attract a higher percentage of the Boston market than what the Yankees and Mets average combined in New York.

If it is a percentage of market, how does population factor into it?

]]> By: ben http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/06/red-sox-ratings-beat-yankees-mets-combined#comment-12078 ben Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:28:27 +0000 http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=5668#comment-12078 I think if you pull out non-english speakers and control for race, it might show a little different. Whether its 'EEI, CSN or similar, they all benefit from the homogeneity of this marketplace. I think if you pull out non-english speakers and control for race, it might show a little different. Whether its ‘EEI, CSN or similar, they all benefit from the homogeneity of this marketplace.

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