Medium Well: Back to Olympic ratings - Sports media blog by The Baltimore Sun's Ray Frager

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Back to Olympic ratings

After yesterday's anniversary detour, we're back to the numbers I know you're dying to read.

Through Sunday, Baltimore had dropped to fourth among the nation's TV markets in average Olympic prime-time ratings after having been first during the first week of the Games. The top five: Denver (24.6), Salt Lake City (24.4), Minneapolis (24.3), Baltimore (23.2) and San Diego (23.2). Denver's interest is high because of its proximity to the U.S. Olympic training center in Colorado Springs.

Through Saturday, WBAL had averaged 23.8 percent of the audience during prime-time Olympics. Since then, with no Michael Phelps swimming, the numbers Sunday through Tuesday have been 19.9, 20.0 and 20.9.

Posted by Ray Frager at 12:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Ray- do you find Cyntia Potter the diving analyst as annoying as I do?

She is just such an arrogant know-it-all and you can always tell which divers she blatantly supports or dislikes.

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Ray replies: Maybe I didn't watch enough diving to pick up on that, but that wasn't my reaction.

Posted by: Elevation | August 24, 2008 1:26 PM

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About Ray Frager

Ray Frager joined The Baltimore Sun’s sports department in 1985 and has been an assistant sports editor for more than 15 years. This is his second stint writing a sports media column for The Baltimore Sun. Most sequels aren't as good as the original, but then, the original wasn't all that great either.

Frager, born in 1957, grew up in northern Delaware (graduating from a high school that since has shut down) and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. He worked as a reporter and copy editor at The Trenton Times and The Dallas Morning News before coming to Baltimore.

Surprisingly, if you look at his accompanying photo, Frager is married and has a son and daughter. He enjoys playing basketball and has organized pickup games among members of The Baltimore Sun staff for many years, which means they don't get too mad at him for shooting way too much.

He has a good beat and is easy to dance to. I'd give him an 85.