July 25, 200818 yr LINK CHICAGO -- Low attendance at Dolphin Stadium doesn't necessarily tell the full story about interest in the Marlins. Despite ranking last in the Major Leagues in home attendance, the Marlins' television ratings actually have been strong. All season, they've ranked in the top 10 of all MLB teams. In fact, their viewership on FSN Florida and its sister station, Sun Sports, is up six percent over the same period last year. And the team's TV numbers have a 13 percent increase over the final 2007 season average, according to FSN Florida. "We're very pleased with the numbers," said P.J. Loyello, the team's senior vice president of communications and broadcasting. "They've been tracking this way all season." At Dolphin Stadium, selling tickets remains a challenge. It will be that way, considering that the club has less than 5,000 season tickets. For the year, home attendance is 788,652, an average of 15,463, which ranks at the bottom of the league. That said, in the six games the Marlins played at home since the All-Star break, the club averaged 18,719 in their series with the Phillies and Braves. The series last weekend with the Phillies attracted some nice TV numbers, too. Last Sunday, for instance, the Marlins' game on Sun Sports posted a 5.2 average, and peaked at 8.0 from 4-4:15 p.m. (over 122,000 homes). It was the highest-rated program on cable that day in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market. "The numbers are peaking a little more now as we get deeper into the season, which is great," said Loyello, adding that the radio numbers also are picking up. The Marlins have a new flagship radio station this season, 790 The Ticket. According to Nielsen Media Research, during the first half of the 2008 MLB season (March 31 to the All-Star break), FSN's MLB telecasts delivered the highest average prime time cable ratings in 12 markets, including eight of the nation's top 20 DMAs (Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Tampa, and Minneapolis). The Marlins' TV numbers this year actually are pretty close to viewership during the team's 2003 World Series championship season. The Marlins' average rating this year on FSN Florida and Sun Sports is 3.5. The final season average TV rating for the club in 2003 was 3.7, about a six percent increase over the 2008 numbers. -------------------------------------------- Good to see. Also whoever argued with me about the Marlins not being in the top 10 in television ratings (please see bold)
July 25, 200818 yr Yeah, we've always spanked in the TV ratings. Of course THAT won't ever make it into all of the multiple articles that are written to trash the Marlins fans.
July 25, 200818 yr thats wat happens when fat latinos leave the tv on fsn or sun sports and cant find the remote but at least some people care to watch on tv cuz there to lazy to go themselfs but anyway :gofish :gofisht :gofishb
July 25, 200818 yr thats wat happens when fat latinos leave the tv on fsn or sun sports and cant find the remote Why just "fat latinos"? How about just "fat people"? Have you been to your local Broward Wal-Mart lately?
July 25, 200818 yr I can just see the local media falling over themselves in a mad rush to report this. :brigginbounce
July 25, 200818 yr Author thats wat happens when fat latinos leave the tv on fsn or sun sports and cant find the remote Why just "fat latinos"? How about just "fat people"? Have you been to your local Broward Wal-Mart lately? :lol
July 25, 200818 yr thats wat happens when fat latinos leave the tv on fsn or sun sports and cant find the remote but at least some people care to watch on tv cuz there to lazy to go themselfs but anyway :gofish :gofisht :gofishb I always leave the DirectTV receiver on and leave FSN on in all 4 TV's
July 25, 200818 yr Are those figures just South Florida? Since I don't live there, I hope my daily viewing contributes to their ratings. Does anyone know if all of Florida is taken into account?
July 25, 200818 yr Are those figures just South Florida? Since I don't live there, I hope my daily viewing contributes to their ratings. Does anyone know if all of Florida is taken into account? I'm pretty sure it's just in the media market, which is only Broward and Dade.
July 25, 200818 yr LINK CHICAGO -- Low attendance at Dolphin Stadium doesn't necessarily tell the full story about interest in the Marlins. Despite ranking last in the Major Leagues in home attendance, the Marlins' television ratings actually have been strong. All season, they've ranked in the top 10 of all MLB teams. In fact, their viewership on FSN Florida and its sister station, Sun Sports, is up six percent over the same period last year. And the team's TV numbers have a 13 percent increase over the final 2007 season average, according to FSN Florida. "We're very pleased with the numbers," said P.J. Loyello, the team's senior vice president of communications and broadcasting. "They've been tracking this way all season." At Dolphin Stadium, selling tickets remains a challenge. It will be that way, considering that the club has less than 5,000 season tickets. For the year, home attendance is 788,652, an average of 15,463, which ranks at the bottom of the league. That said, in the six games the Marlins played at home since the All-Star break, the club averaged 18,719 in their series with the Phillies and Braves. The series last weekend with the Phillies attracted some nice TV numbers, too. Last Sunday, for instance, the Marlins' game on Sun Sports posted a 5.2 average, and peaked at 8.0 from 4-4:15 p.m. (over 122,000 homes). It was the highest-rated program on cable that day in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market. "The numbers are peaking a little more now as we get deeper into the season, which is great," said Loyello, adding that the radio numbers also are picking up. The Marlins have a new flagship radio station this season, 790 The Ticket. According to Nielsen Media Research, during the first half of the 2008 MLB season (March 31 to the All-Star break), FSN's MLB telecasts delivered the highest average prime time cable ratings in 12 markets, including eight of the nation's top 20 DMAs (Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Tampa, and Minneapolis). The Marlins' TV numbers this year actually are pretty close to viewership during the team's 2003 World Series championship season. The Marlins' average rating this year on FSN Florida and Sun Sports is 3.5. The final season average TV rating for the club in 2003 was 3.7, about a six percent increase over the 2008 numbers. -------------------------------------------- Good to see. Also whoever argued with me about the Marlins not being in the top 10 in television ratings (please see bold) Another sign that the Marlins are going to win the WS! Keep em coming!
July 25, 200818 yr Author LINK CHICAGO -- Low attendance at Dolphin Stadium doesn't necessarily tell the full story about interest in the Marlins. Despite ranking last in the Major Leagues in home attendance, the Marlins' television ratings actually have been strong. All season, they've ranked in the top 10 of all MLB teams. In fact, their viewership on FSN Florida and its sister station, Sun Sports, is up six percent over the same period last year. And the team's TV numbers have a 13 percent increase over the final 2007 season average, according to FSN Florida. "We're very pleased with the numbers," said P.J. Loyello, the team's senior vice president of communications and broadcasting. "They've been tracking this way all season." At Dolphin Stadium, selling tickets remains a challenge. It will be that way, considering that the club has less than 5,000 season tickets. For the year, home attendance is 788,652, an average of 15,463, which ranks at the bottom of the league. That said, in the six games the Marlins played at home since the All-Star break, the club averaged 18,719 in their series with the Phillies and Braves. The series last weekend with the Phillies attracted some nice TV numbers, too. Last Sunday, for instance, the Marlins' game on Sun Sports posted a 5.2 average, and peaked at 8.0 from 4-4:15 p.m. (over 122,000 homes). It was the highest-rated program on cable that day in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market. "The numbers are peaking a little more now as we get deeper into the season, which is great," said Loyello, adding that the radio numbers also are picking up. The Marlins have a new flagship radio station this season, 790 The Ticket. According to Nielsen Media Research, during the first half of the 2008 MLB season (March 31 to the All-Star break), FSN's MLB telecasts delivered the highest average prime time cable ratings in 12 markets, including eight of the nation's top 20 DMAs (Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Tampa, and Minneapolis). The Marlins' TV numbers this year actually are pretty close to viewership during the team's 2003 World Series championship season. The Marlins' average rating this year on FSN Florida and Sun Sports is 3.5. The final season average TV rating for the club in 2003 was 3.7, about a six percent increase over the 2008 numbers. -------------------------------------------- Good to see. Also whoever argued with me about the Marlins not being in the top 10 in television ratings (please see bold) Another sign that the Marlins are going to win the WS! Keep em coming! I was wondering if anyone would pick up on that. :thumbup
July 26, 200818 yr Yeah, we've always spanked in the TV ratings. Of course THAT won't ever make it into all of the multiple articles that are written to trash the Marlins fans. You do understand they never talk about the other teams' TV ratings either. They only talk about actual attendance figures. Which is the way it should be. Teams get ZERO $$ from the cost of your TV, DirecTV or cable price, your munchies and drinks from the fridge, etc... I could care in the least about our TV ratings. I care that I am outnumbered and out yelled by fans of opposing teams at my home stadium on a routine basis. You all want to pat yourselves on the back? Just keep in mind our season ticket holders number a whopping 5,000 and we are pulling a little over 15,000 to games. Of that 10,000 differential it would be a good guess (and a low one) to say 7500 of them are for the other team. Wonder how that number relates to fans of the other teams watching the Marlins play them on local feeds?
July 26, 200818 yr Yeah, we've always spanked in the TV ratings. Of course THAT won't ever make it into all of the multiple articles that are written to trash the Marlins fans. You do understand they never talk about the other teams' TV ratings either. They only talk about actual attendance figures. Which is the way it should be. Teams get ZERO $$ from the cost of your TV, DirecTV or cable price, your munchies and drinks from the fridge, etc... I could care in the least about our TV ratings. I care that I am outnumbered and out yelled by fans of opposing teams at my home stadium on a routine basis. You all want to pat yourselves on the back? Just keep in mind our season ticket holders number a whopping 5,000 and we are pulling a little over 15,000 to games. Of that 10,000 differential it would be a good guess (and a low one) to say 7500 of them are for the other team. Wonder how that number relates to fans of the other teams watching the Marlins play them on local feeds? There is no way that half of the fans in attendance are opposing team fans. Maybe against the Mets, but against 90% of the rest of the National League... no way. TV does bring in money to the team, albeit indirectly. One of the main selling points to any professional team sponsorship is television exposure. The higher the Marlins television rating is, the more valuable the sponsorship is worth. And with any professional sport organization, sponsorship brings in the largest percentage of money hands down (especially one that does not sell a lot of tickets). So higher television ratings do help the Marlins as an organization. If the Marlins do get their own stadium, they will be able to bring in even more money through sponsorship because they can design their corporate sponsorship packages around what they want. They do not have to share a stadium (one that is very bland and does not provide a lot of sponsorship opportunity) with another team. The television ratings are something to be proud of, I'm sure all of us wish that they would translate into larger attendance....but that's a whole different story.
July 26, 200818 yr Yeah, we've always spanked in the TV ratings. Of course THAT won't ever make it into all of the multiple articles that are written to trash the Marlins fans. You do understand they never talk about the other teams' TV ratings either. They only talk about actual attendance figures. Which is the way it should be. Teams get ZERO $$ from the cost of your TV, DirecTV or cable price, your munchies and drinks from the fridge, etc... I could care in the least about our TV ratings. I care that I am outnumbered and out yelled by fans of opposing teams at my home stadium on a routine basis. You all want to pat yourselves on the back? Just keep in mind our season ticket holders number a whopping 5,000 and we are pulling a little over 15,000 to games. Of that 10,000 differential it would be a good guess (and a low one) to say 7500 of them are for the other team. Wonder how that number relates to fans of the other teams watching the Marlins play them on local feeds? Bob, you are absolutely right about the attendance although you are either exaggerating the number of the other team's fans or you just happen to be sitting among all of them. I want to see more fans in the seats as much as you do but the TV ratings are significant because if no one was watching it would be legitimate to say the team has no fans. The team does have fans but for whatever reasons (which have been discussed here ad nauseam) most of them don't go to Dolphin Stadium. I very much doubt all those people watching are fans of the other teams. You have every right not to "care in the least" about TV ratings but they do matter.
July 26, 200818 yr The bottom line is if they get there own stadium they will get more fans and thats that! So many reason more to come to the game, Get a new stadium and we wont have to here this attendance Bull anymore
July 26, 200818 yr Yeah, we've always spanked in the TV ratings. Of course THAT won't ever make it into all of the multiple articles that are written to trash the Marlins fans. You do understand they never talk about the other teams' TV ratings either. They only talk about actual attendance figures. Which is the way it should be. Teams get ZERO $$ from the cost of your TV, DirecTV or cable price, your munchies and drinks from the fridge, etc... I could care in the least about our TV ratings. I care that I am outnumbered and out yelled by fans of opposing teams at my home stadium on a routine basis. You all want to pat yourselves on the back? Just keep in mind our season ticket holders number a whopping 5,000 and we are pulling a little over 15,000 to games. Of that 10,000 differential it would be a good guess (and a low one) to say 7500 of them are for the other team. Wonder how that number relates to fans of the other teams watching the Marlins play them on local feeds? The problem is that people don't just talk about our lack of attendance like it is just fans not showing up, they (especially when it is someone unfamiliar with the team) talk about it as if the Marlins just have no fans, period. THAT is what pisses me off, and the fact that we do so well on TV just goes to show that it is untrue.
July 26, 200818 yr This is what happens when there are a lot of fans, 90 degree 100% humidity weather with a 60% chance of rain every day. cry me a river, real fans will go.....I don't understand how having high TV ratings helps anything, lets put 20,000 seats in the new stadium and we'll have sellouts and everyone else can stay home and watch on TV.... how many fish games are rained out, not that many, its prpbably rained less in the last few years than I remember in the past..... these are excuses and ALL they are, the fans her won't go and probably won't go to the new place either.....at least not in big enough numbers to make a difference IMO
July 26, 200818 yr ^^ Oh shut up. I am a REAL fan, and you can say whatever you want but the weather DOES make a difference when I am driving from WPB, paying tolls and gas to get down there and have the game rained out. Not everyone can wait around for an hour + rain delay, especially during weeknight games, so there have been many times when it looked like rain and we decided against going. I still make it to a decent amount of games, but I would go to a lot more if the elements weren't an issue. Don't worry, you will see the difference when we get our new retractable-roof stadium.
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