Sentence examples for raised ratings from inspiring English sources

It raised ratings at station after station and brought a certain big-city sound to many small towns.

Programs introduced by Brandon Tartikoff, head of the network's entertainment division, had raised ratings by the mid-1980s.

Instead of using students' actual scores on standardized tests, the ratings formula gauged students' future test scores based on a campuswide average, which raised ratings statewide.

J.P. Morgan Chase raised ratings on five semiconductor equipment makers, including KLA-Tencor, up $6, to $43.13, saying pressure on Applied Materials could make this a good time to buy KLA stock.

The education agency first indicated that it was considering discontinuing the projection measure last summer, after lawmakers and others in the education community said that the measure artificially raised ratings and allowed schools to count students as passing tests when they had not.

Limited Brands saw its stock rise on Thursday after Fitch raised ratings on the company's credit.

This too was driven by the need to raise ratings.

And if the idea was to raise ratings, it worked.

So it has had less incentive to change its schedule to raise ratings and charge more for commercial time slots.

From Howard Stern to Rush Limbaugh, talk radio hosts have long pulled stunts to make points or raise ratings.

The public's right to know does not need to include hours of overload and intrusion into others' lives just to sell more papers or raise ratings.