Process Trusted: Royals Set Ratings Record on Opening Day

by Freneau on Apr 1, 2011 4:42 PM EDT in Kansas City Royals News

Per Fox Sports Kansas City Press Release:

Thursday’s opening day game was the highest-rated Royals season or home opener broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City. The Angels-Royals telecast generated a 5.4 household rating in the Kansas City DMA, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The previous high rating for a Royals opener came last year, a 5.3 for the Royals April 5, 2010 loss to Detroit.

Of course, FSKC has only done Royals games for ten years. I'd be curious to know what some of the ratings were back in the glory days. You would think that fewer channels+ better teams would mean more viewers, but it doesn't always work like that. Interest in sports isn't static, and if anything, appears to be growing, or at least becoming a more intense animal.

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doesn't a former KC Star "sports" reporter now work for Fox Sports Kansas City?

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by buddyball on Apr 1, 2011 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

Just Fox Sports I believe.

God, I hope he’s not affiliated with the FSKC group.

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by royaldaddy on Apr 1, 2011 5:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

columnist, not reporter

opinionist if you will …

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by upamtn on Apr 1, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Wouldn't it totally be a surprise if

Next year, opening day sets a record of 5.5 household rating?

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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Apr 1, 2011 6:11 PM EDT reply actions

and I think that KMCI 38 carried a few of the opening days until 2007/2008ish until they reworked the contract.

They might not count RSTN (the greatest random experiment) as FSKC for the purposes of this anyways.

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by BHWick on Apr 1, 2011 6:11 PM EDT reply actions

was RSTN ever an actual full station, or just what they called the broadcast of the games?

by Freneau on Apr 1, 2011 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions

it wasn't a full station

but I think they just had a network that cut in during games and was on the FSN channel.

Having the players with minimal English skills doing spoken intros for RSTN games was interesting. Plus, it came at the right time to keep the Royals fanbase a bit stable during some bad years. Having 130+ games on TV every year is very helpful compared to like 40 games on KSMO TV62

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by BHWick on Apr 1, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions