The Road to Super Bowl XXXV

TV/radio facts and figures By SHARON GINN © St. Petersburg Times, published January 28, 2001 TV BROADCAST: CBS (Ch. 10. locally). RADIO: Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports (WQYK-FM 99.5 and WQYK-AM 1010 locally). COUNTRIES VIEWING: More than 200. Countries with on-site crews include Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Spain. LANGUAGES: 26, including Arabic, Catalan, Mandarin, Greek, Thai, Icelandic, Flemish, Cantonese, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Russian and Dutch. ESTIMATED PEOPLE VIEWING WORLDWIDE: 800-million. LAST YEAR'S RATING (ABC): 43.3 (63 share, 130.7-million viewers). HIGHEST RATING: 49.1 (72 share, 110.2-million), Super Bowl XVI, 1982, San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21. FEET OF CABLE: 83,000. CAMERAS: 74 (33 regular broadcast, 8 HDTV broadcast, 33 EyeVision). SUPER BOWL MVPS ON CBS: 2 (Phil Simms, analyst, 1987; Marcus Allen, Super Bowl Today reporter, 1984). NUMBER OF TIMES CBS HAS BROADCAST SUPER BOWL: 14 (last time: 1992). AVERAGE COST OF A 30-SECOND COMMERCIAL: $2.3-million. -- Compiled by SHARON GINN. Past 14 Days March 16, 2008 March 15, 2008 March 14, 2008 March 13, 2008 March 12, 2008 March 11, 2008 March 10, 2008 March 9, 2008 March 8, 2008 March 7, 2008 March 6, 2008 March 5, 2008 March 4, 2008 March 3, 2008 Search further back Today’s Super Bowl story lineup On the field Nevermore Pregame 20,000 fans 'Experience' long lines at theme park MTV's live request show draws screaming NFL fans The toughest 2 minutes Today's site springs from bad deal Analysis AFC guest analyst NFC guest analyst Dungy likes Baltimore's old friends Gumbel: QBs must be mistake-free Simms: D's, big plays are key New York Giants' keys to victory Baltimore Ravens' keys to victory Who will win the Super Bowl and why? Celebrity predictions Super side line Tampa Bay Gasparilla Supersized From morning until night, Tampa bowled over by festivities Super ticket search continues at festival St. Petersburg events fall far short of goals Sparse crowd gathers for Jazz Bowl Tampa scores before game Want to avoid back-ups? Leave early, know shortcuts Here's a game tip: Don't wager on it The players The last call? Starting lines Norwood isn't running from miss The key matchups The Giants Giants just sticking to what they know Not bad being the next-best thing XXV still vivid for Hostetler Giants all-time team Giants numbers The Ravens There's only one thing they do well -- win Ravens numbers All-time Ravens, uh, make that Orioles team The media CBS exults in game's return after 9-year hiatus The broadcast What's on TV TV/radio facts and figures Around town Celebrity watch Ybor awash with flood of humanity XXXV reasons Florida is the center of the football universe What they're saying For a select few, a fantasy come true Hall of Fame 2001 Hall of Fame inductees Seven inducted into Hall Columns They came, they saw and they got the story half-right Bucs can only wonder: What if? On center stage: Trent Dilfer Redskins RB's thrill? Meeting R&B star Vikings' Culpepper counts his blessings Official site is built for size