Steelers trounce PIT in TV ratingsCourtesy
the Pittsburgh Tribune Review
(September 6, 2010) Nationally ranked Pitt not only lost its season opener at Utah on Thursday night. The Panthers also were crushed by the Steelers on the local airwaves.
The national telecast of the Pitt game on Versus drew an overnight rating of 8.6 in the Pittsburgh market. According to a network spokesperson, it was the highest cable rating of the evening and second overall in the market. The top rating belonged to the Steelers, who played their final preseason game against Carolina at Heinz Field. The game drew a 30.0 rating on KDKA-2, the local CBS affiliate. An average of more than 99,000 households tuned into the Pitt game. More than 346,000 viewed the Steelers game. Read more at
the Pittsburgh Tribune Review where this story was originally published.
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