KUSA-TV in Denver Ranked No. 1 for Winter Olympics in Vancouver; Three Gannett NBC-Affiliated TV Stations Among Top 5
McLEAN, VA – KUSA-TV in Denver was the No. 1-rated local NBC station with the key advertising demographic of adults 25-54 for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. KUSA also out-performed the national average rating by 75% with adults 25-54.
Two other Gannett NBC television stations joined KUSA in placing among the Top 5 highest rated local television stations: KSDK-TV in St. Louis ranked third and KARE-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul was fourth. In addition, WKYC-TV in Cleveland placed eighth, giving Gannett NBC-affiliated stations four of the Top 10 stations with adults 25-54.
“NBC provided two weeks of extraordinary Olympic broadcasts,” said Dave Lougee, president of Gannett Broadcasting. “Overall, it was a huge success for our viewers, our advertisers and our stations.”
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