A few afternoon notes and nuggets... NESN earned its highest season opener rating in network history last night with a 19.7 household rating (475,000 households) in the Boston DMA. The rating is the 5th highest rating in NESN’s history and highest game rating since August 28, 2007. NESN’s Red Sox coverage was the top rated program … Continue reading 19.7 Rating for Season Opener on NESN, 98.5 Starts New Era
Bruins Loss Earns Record Regular Season Rating for NESN
The TV ratings are an indication of how anticipated last night's Bruins game was among fans. The game garnered a 6.2 household rating, which is the highest rated regular season game in NESN’s history, as fans tuned in to see whether the team would retaliate against Matt Cooke and the Pittsburgh Penguins for the hit … Continue reading Bruins Loss Earns Record Regular Season Rating for NESN
Afternoon Notes
A couple of notes from today: The Beanpot is coming up over the next two Monday nights, and once again NESN has the complete coverage. Coverage begins with Beanpot Hockey Tournament presented by SBLI beginning on Monday, February 1st. The first game pits Boston College against Harvard at 5:00 PM followed by Boston University battling … Continue reading Afternoon Notes
NESN Announces Red Sox Spring Training Plans
We're just a few weeks away from the start of spring training, and this afternoon, NESN announced their plans for expanded Red Sox spring training coverage which will begin with an evening edition of Red Sox Spring Break LIVE on February 18th at 7:00pm. The show will be hosted by Tom Caron and Peter Gammons. … Continue reading NESN Announces Red Sox Spring Training Plans
Peter Gammons Joins NESN and MLB Network
Just mere hours after we learned that Peter Gammons was leaving ESPN, we learn that he joined MLB Network. That was expected. But was not expected was the announcement this evening that Gammons was joining NESN and NESN.com. This is a big coup for NESN which gets him from ESPN and the ESPN Boston site. … Continue reading Peter Gammons Joins NESN and MLB Network
“Instigators” Returns, Comcast Offers More Celtics On Demand
A couple of quick programming notes: The Instigators Returns to NESN The Instigators presented by Cadillac Village of Norwood returns for its second season on Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 pm. The Instigators is an Original NESN Entertainment (ONE) production that was first introduced last December. The weekly show is hosted by NESN studio analyst … Continue reading “Instigators” Returns, Comcast Offers More Celtics On Demand
NESN’s plans for ALDS Games 1 & 2
With TBS having the rights to the Red Sox-Angels series, NESN still plans to cover the ALDS as best as it can with wrap around programming. As it has in previous years, NESN will provide pre and postgame shows. Tom Caron will host. Analysts Jerry Remy and Jim Rice will join him. Here's NESN's schedule … Continue reading NESN’s plans for ALDS Games 1 & 2
ESPN Radio Gets a New Affiliate
Before you get all excited, this affiliate is WGAM in New Hampshire, which serves primarily the Manchester and Nashua markets. WGAM (1250 and 900 AM) announced the new affiliation (which begins on October 8th) this afternoon, and also announced that they will also be a Boston Bruins radio affiliate as well. The station now carries the Patriots, Red … Continue reading ESPN Radio Gets a New Affiliate
Mike Milbury Signs Extension with NESN
NESN has announced today that they have signed Bruins studio analyst Mike Milbury to a multi-year contract extension. This will be Milbury's third season as an analyst with NESN, and he will also continue to host "The Instigators" and will contribute to hockey content on NESN.com. Milbury also works as a studio analyst for NBCs … Continue reading Mike Milbury Signs Extension with NESN
Wednesday Afternoon Notes
A few notes from today. I've got a new column up for the Metro: Moss Speculation Means New Lows For Media. Rodney Harrison was a guest on the Dan Patrick Show today, and as always, had some interesting things to say. Jeremy Gottlieb goes around the league on Patriots Daily. The Big Lead has an interesting post … Continue reading Wednesday Afternoon Notes
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