“There was not one group of people – they’re all in there together – that was paying attention to the NBA Finals.”ĭenver ranks 19th on Nielsen Media Research’s metropolitan market size list, but the Nuggets have been a contending team for the last five seasons. “I’m the only person that was watching the Nuggets,” Schlereth said. What he noticed was that their interest was fixated elsewhere. to help his son’s family move there for the summer and surmises there were about 50 people in the bar with him. Schlereth was curious to find out the ratings from the game last night because he watched the game from a sports bar in Chicago. “Nikola Jokić being asked about not taking a lot of shots, and they’re all just kind of shrugging their shoulders like, ‘Yeah, this is who we are. We’re just kind of becoming aware of how these guys play,’ and they keep asking the Nuggets about their unselfishness and how everybody is willing to share the ball,” Evans said. “The national media – it’s like, ‘Oh, wow. The duo was able to deduce as such through the questions posed to Nuggets players and head coach Michael Malone by members of the media cohort. It is a narrative that Denver Sports 104.3 The Fan’s Mark Schlereth and Mike Evans felt was especially obvious by watching the press conferences after the game. Now that the team is the last one standing in the Western Conference, there is no one else to focus on and their play is beginning to be realized by basketball fans throughout the country. Sports fans in the Denver market have felt as if the play of the Nuggets was largely being neglected by the national media throughout these playoffs. Ratings for the alternate NBA in Stephen A’s World broadcast Thursday night on ESPN2 have not yet been released by Nielsen Media Research. The figure is considerably lower than the audience for Game 1 between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors last year – which averaged 11.9 million figures across ABC and ESPN2. Early reports reveal that the game had a 2.21 demographic rating between people ages 18-49, attracting a total of 7.62 million viewers on ABC. The Denver Nuggets took to the National Basketball Association’s largest stage on Thursday night as they defeated the Miami Heat for the organization’s first-ever NBA Finals victory. I’m excited to have Chase as my right-hand man as we move forward together with this new chapter of leadership at Cromwell Media Nashville.” “We share similar visions on how to create compelling sports programming all while driving revenue growth. “Chase and I have developed a great working relationship in the two and half years since I’ve joined Cromwell Media,” Fort said. Shawn Fort was recently named the cluster’s general manager. In his new role, Chase McCabe becomes the number two man in Cromwell’s Nashville building. He hosts Chase & Michelleweekdays at 9 AM on The Game. He has maintained an on-air presence as well. He was named Program Director and Brand Manager of the stations in January of last year. McCabe has spent his whole career with 102.5 The Game and its sister station, now called 94.9 The Fan. I am forever grateful, but none of this could have happened without the great group of people we have here at Cromwell Media.” “Our owner, Bud Walters, opened the door for me almost 12 years ago as an intern and I’m honored to continue to be a key member of the Nashville leadership team. “I’m very fortunate to have been to be able to grow into this opportunity under one roof,” McCabe said in a press release. He has been promoted to Director of Operations & Sports Programming at the company. He is adding a new title to his already full plate at Cromwell Media in Nashville. Congratulations are in order for Chase McCabe.
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