Gov debate draws big ratings once again
October 27th, 2010 at 2:37 pm by Ted Nesi under General Talk
The overnight ratings are in, and last night’s gubernatorial debate here on WPRI drew even bigger numbers the the top-rated one we held Oct. 6.
The 60-minute televised portion of the debate was again the #1 program in the Providence market from 7 to 8 p.m., this time drawing in more than 60,000 viewers to set another record for a TV debate audience this cycle, according to Nielsen. And once again a lot of people streamed the debate live here on WPRI.com, particularly the extra 30 minutes that were only shown online.
Now we’re gearing up to release the results of our latest WPRI poll by Fleming & Associates. That will begin during tomorrow’s evening newscasts.
Tags: campaign 2010, debates, governor's race, ratings
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Why are the candidates not looking into TAXING UNIVERSITIES to help reduce the budget crisis, at least for one of two years, to get the state back in line financially. Brown has an ENDOWMENT OF $2.2 BILLIONS, they we have JWU, ROGER WILLIAMS, SALVE REGINA, ETC, ETC, !!!!!!
Good call. So the colleges will in turn raise tuition making college more expensive for students who will have to take out larger lown thus hurting them and the economy years down the line. Wow you solved the crisis!!! Obamanomics strike again. It’s because of people like you that I am studying Chinese since they now own most of our country so I figure I should brush up on my Mandarin for future use.
How about cutting taxes and making RI a fertile business climate. Make sense?
I am happy the league kept to their guns and had all candidates on. The dialogue came up several notches with the other very impressive candidates weighing in. I am still a Caprio supporter. He owes no one.
$2.2 billion in endowment… maybe you are right anonymous ( school teacher ) or maybe you are wrong, let’s not tax the people who don’t pay taxes, lets tax the people that can’t afford to pay any more so we can drive them out of town, have you noticed the amount of empty housing? the tax should be for 1 or 2 years only.