RERUNS AND ALL, NBC RETAINS NO. 1 RATINGS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Even with its hit shows in reruns, NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. held on to No. 1 in the latest ratings, while CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. squeezed past ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. for second place. NBC won the week of June 24-30 with an 8.2 rating and a 16 percent share of the TV audience, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday. CBS, third-ranked for the season, had a 7.0 rating and a 14 share, just ahead of ABC's 6.9 rating and 14 share. Fox Broadcasting Co. earned a 4.6 rating and a 9 share. A rating point equals 959,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's 95.9 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use TV sets tuned to a particular program. Many viewers abandoned rerun-filled network TV for summer's distractions. And the four major networks accounted for just 53 percent of the remaining TV audience, 10 percent below their season-to-date average. The networks' newsmagazines got their usual seasonal boost from being first-run shows. ABC's ``20/20,'' with Barbara Walters' interview of parent-murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez, was No. 2. CBS' ``60 Minutes'' was fifth for the week, and Wednesday's edition of ``Dateline NBC'' was No. 10. Among the evening news broadcasts, NBC's ``Nightly News'' moved within two-tenths of a rating point of ABC's No. 1 ``World News Tonight.'' ABC's newscast newscast Radio or television broadcast of news events. News gathering and broadcasting by the radio networks began in the mid-1930s and increased significantly during World War II. The television newscast began in 1948 with 15-minute programs that resembled movie newsreels. had a 7.4 rating and a 17 share; NBC's a 7.2 rating and a 17 share, and CBS' ``Evening News'' a 5.9 rating and a 14 share. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: ABC's ``20/20,'' which featured an interview wi th Erik, left, and Lyle Menendez, was the week's second-most-watched show. Tina Gerson/Daily News Box: (Nielsen Ratings Nielsen ratings National ratings of the popularity of U.S. television shows. Developed by A.C. Nielsen in 1950, the system now samples television viewing in about 5,000 homes. ) |
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