TV ratings?

[ChumpDumper]

If no one comes to the games, which they havn't been even in last years late runs and playoff interest, why would anyone care if the watch it on tv.

Ah, another tangent. This has even less to do with the Spurs' ratings since the SBC runs in the high 90% of its capacity all year.

This discussion has more to do with the constant commetns about how its hard for a small market team to compete in this league than the NBA finals rating. Why is it hard? Your city is basically held hostage by no other distractions, you have a HUGE population CENTERED right in the city itself.

If every TV in San Antonio was tuned into one show, that would account for 0.683% of the total possible viewing audience in the US.

[Spurminator]

And I don't care.

[Man In Black]

There's a difference between population within the city limits (Where that 8th ranking comes from) and market size (similar in size to the metro area), which is a measure of the number of people in the primary city itself plus all the suburbs, satellite towns, and people living in unincorporated areas nearby. Basically, the total number of people served by one set of television affiliates.


It helps with the talking smack part of this gig if you know what the you're talking about.

It's actually called the DMA or Designated Market Area. It covers all radio & TV broadcast ranges for a given market.

Lat I checked, San Antonio was #47, the only market smaller was New Orleans.