From today's Raleigh Observer. (note that CBC is the network of choice for many Buffalo area fans and I don't believe that is measured in these figures. I heard the overall rating in Buffalo for game #3 was 27.0). Clearly one city is a major hockey town and one has a small group of hardcore fans.
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Television ratings for the first three games of the Stanley Cup playoffs have been unimpressive in the 22-county Raleigh-Durham TV market and dismal nationally. In Buffalo, though, people are watching:
MAY 20, NBC
RALEIGH: 4.4 (43,350 viewers)
BUFFALO: 31.0 (199,640 viewers)
NATIONAL: 1.0 (1.1 million viewers)
MAY 22, OLN
RALEIGH: 5.1 (50,250 viewers)
BUFFALO: 23.6 (151,980 viewers)
NATIONAL: .64 (705,280 viewers)
MAY 24, OLN
RALEIGH: 4.2 (41,380 viewers)
BUFFALO: 20.1 (129,440 viewers)
NATIONAL: .78 (859,560 viewers)
HOUSEHOLDS
NATIONAL: 110.2 million television households
RALEIGH-DURHAM MARKET: 985,200 television households
BUFFALO MARKET: 644,000 television households
A RATINGS POINT EQUALS 1 PERCENT OF TELEVISION HOUSEHOLDS