Someone told John Robinson at the News & Record that the reason the Triad TV market was tops in inauguration viewing was because there are a lot of people out of work here...
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N&R:
What were you doing when President Obama was sworn in? Probably watching on TV.
The Piedmont Triad TV market, which includes Greensboro, Winston-Salem and 15 counties, produced the nation's fifth-highest percentage of viewers Tuesday. Nielsen Media Research estimates that 42.3 percent of households in the market watched.
Nielsen tracked ratings on 16 broadcast and cable networks from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., plus two additional networks from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The ratings are for households only and don't reflect viewership in offices or public places.
The Raleigh-Durham market led the nation at 51.2 percent. The Washington market ranked No. 2 at 47.7 percent, meaning not everybody in D.C. was on the National Mall.
About 30 percent of homes nationally tuned in.
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E.C. :)
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Please excuse our shameless plug, but the Greensboro Telegram (www.greensborotelegram.com) was the only newspaper from Greensboro to actually send a staff member to cover the inauguration in person. We posted 212 photos of the event, several stories and also pictures from Rep. Howard Coble's office from inauguration balls. We had a lot of comments from readers and it was definitely worth the $58 in gas and $10 Metro ticket to attend. Thanks Eric! R.Gregg, Greensboro Telegram.
By the way, I just realized that I made the one mistake you're not supposed to make in print journalism -- I spelled Erik's name wrong in my previous comment. Sorry Erik! (At least I'm running a correction) :) R.Gregg, Greensboro Telegram.
Quite alright, Mr. Gregg :)
Let's see... over 40% in our area watched it live on TV. I was one of millions watching it live on the cnn.com/facebook connection... That leaves what... 37 people in the Triad to actually have read about it in the newspapers? There's news (cable tv, network tv, broadcast radio, satellite radio, online, text, iPod, email) and there's "old news" (newspapers).
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