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Pelicans TV ratings show NBA's third-biggest increase
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:09 pm
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The inaugural New Orleans Pelicans season featured a seven-win improvement from 2012-13, a jump that likely would’ve been even greater if not for widespread injuries to the team’s roster. The Pelicans also made tangible strides in several areas off the court, including experiencing the third-largest local TV ratings increase of any NBA team.
With games broadcast for a second season on Fox Sports New Orleans, ratings for 2013-14 Pelicans games improved by 63 percent, the third-biggest increase in the league. The only teams with greater percentage increases were the Indiana Pacers (100 percent) and Phoenix Suns (86).
Fox Sports NOLA’s Pelicans broadcast team of Joel Meyers, David Wesley and Jennifer Hale is one of the most recognizable in the league. Meyers is spending what’s already been a thrilling postseason broadcasting NBA playoff games for TNT; Wesley is a recently retired New Orleans player who was still active until 2006-07; Hale is also an NFL sideline reporter for Fox who has over 45,000 Twitter followers.
“I think Joel and David having a second year together, they continue to improve,” said Mike Anastassiou, Senior Executive Producer for Fox Sports New Orleans. “We’re thrilled to have Jen Hale as part of our broadcast team. I think she gives us credibility in the marketplace, because she’s so well-known.”
“Joel and David just finished Year 2 together and the chemistry is building,” said Greg Bensel, Pelicans Senior Vice President of Communications and Broadcasting. “Joel is a professional play-by-play guy who studies not only our team and our opponents, but the league in general, and he brings a wealth of knowledge to the broadcast. David is a former player and brings immediate credibility to the broadcast. You add Jennifer Hale and her work courtside; I think we have tremendous on-air talent, that gets the respect of our coaches and players and that in turn makes the broadcast better.”
Anastassiou and Fox Sports NOLA implemented several technological improvements in 2013-14, but he says that perhaps the No. 1 reason behind the ratings increase was the team the Pelicans put together.
“We’d like to take credit for the ratings increase, but our ratings tend to go as the team goes,” Anastassiou said. “It’s a very intriguing team with a lot of young stars. We’re excited about this team and its future. That just makes for great broadcasts.”
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:14 pm to GynoSandberg
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“Joel and David just finished Year 2 together and the chemistry is building,”
This is one thing I don't think got said much this year, but David Wesley improved quite a bit. Last year there were complaints about him after every game. The main complaint about him this year is his irrational love of Free Fries.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:22 pm to TigerinATL
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This is one thing I don't think got said much this year, but David Wesley improved quite a bit. Last year there were complaints about him after every game. The main complaint about him this year is his irrational love of Free Fries.
I agree. He improved drastically this season.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:27 pm to GynoSandberg
I wouldn't replace Joel and Wesley with anyone
I love them as a duo
I love them as a duo
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:31 pm to GynoSandberg
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Pelicans TV ratings show NBA's third-biggest increase
Honey, we ARE the baby
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:31 pm to VermilionTiger
Wesley is still pretty bad. But he did get a lot better.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:32 pm to Fun Bunch
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Wesley is still pretty bad. But he did get a lot better.
This
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:32 pm to Fun Bunch
maybe he and austin will show a similar trajectory
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:33 pm to quail man
I highly enjoy the broadcast team. I think next year we will see an even better product.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:48 pm to Fun Bunch
Wesley isn't bad. He just isn't a homer like he probably should be. I like Wesley.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 4:58 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
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Honey, we ARE the baby
This line has haunted me for years. Why are they the baby?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 5:15 pm to OceanMan
Can we get rid of the black guy in the post game?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 5:27 pm to Lester Earl
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Can we get rid of the black guy in the post game?
As long as we can keep my babe Erin Hartigan
Posted on 4/28/14 at 6:40 pm to Lester Earl
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Can we get rid of the black guy in the post game?
#SterlingReasons
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:18 pm to LosLobos111
They need to move the pre and post game to the capital one club
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:49 pm to TigerinATL
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is his irrational love of Free Fries.
take it back man
Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:01 pm to RonFNSwanson
I hope we don't lose Joel Meyers to ESPN or TNT. Sadly, he's got one of those "national sounding voices". Hell he's been cast in a sports movie before. Jen Hale is also headed to bigger and better things. I doubt this NFL sideline reporter gig on Fox is the pinnacle of her career.
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