Talladega ratings

Talladega TV Ratings Even with 2004 UPDATE final numbers: NBC's broadcast of Sunday's UAW-Ford 500 earned a 4.6 overnight rating from Nielsen Media Research and a 9 market share to match the overnight figures of 2004, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily reports.(NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)2004 numbers: the race at Talladega in Oct 2004 drew a 4.6 overnight rating and a 9 share from Nielsen Media Research. Final Nielsen Media Research numbers for NBC's broadcast at Talladega Superspeedway drew a 5.4 rating.(10-4-2005);UPDATE: NBC drew a 5.3 national rating and 11 share for last week's NASCAR Nextel Cup Racing from Talladega, off slightly from 2004 (5.4/12) and representing a 77 percent increase over 2000, the last year before NBC began broadcasting the event (3.0 converted national rating on ESPN). NBC & TNT's average 2005 rating is a 4.6 through 12 races, up 2 percent over 2004 and up 59 percent over 2000 (2.9 through 13 races). The top ten metered markets for NBC's Talladega broadcast are as follows: 1) Greensboro, NC 13.1; 2) Greenville, SC 12.7; 3) Knoxville, TN 12.6; 4) Birmingham, AL 12.0; 5) Charlotte, NC 10.9; 6) Louisville, KY 9.8; 7) Atlanta, GA 9.3; 8) Jacksonville, FL 8.5; 9) Raleigh-Durham, NC 8.3; t10) Indianapolis, IN 7.8; t10) Richmond, VA 7.8.(NBC PR)(10-6-2005)