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Volume 23 No. 39
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NBA regular season sees ratings drop

Local ratings echo dip in national numbers
By John Ourand and John Lombardo, Staff Writers
April 24, 2017
Stung by early competition from the presidential election, the NBA’s local TV ratings never recovered from a slow start, falling 14 percent during the 2016-17 regular season. Twenty teams saw their RSN ratings drop from last year, with 15 seeing double-digit declines. SportsBusine...

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