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SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Yonhap) -- The 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC)’s Pool B game between South Korea and Japan has scored a cumulative average nationwide rating in the range of 11 percent.
The cumulative ratings of the Korea-Japan match, which was live broadcasted by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS 2TV), Munhwa Broadcasting Center (MBC), and Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) from 5:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. (KST) on Friday, recorded an 11.7 percent, according to data released by Nielson Korea on Saturday. The figure is double the cumulative ratings of the Korea-Australia match (4.8 percent), which was aired on Thursday.
MBC and SBS scored an equivalent rating of 4.1 percent, while KBS 2TV, which gathered the most viewers for the previous Korea-Australia match, recorded the lowest rating of 3.5 percent.
The live broadcast aired by KBS 2TV was covered by the former baseball players Park Chan-ho and Park Yong-taek and caster Lee Kwang-young. In the meantime, SBS had former professional baseball players Lee Dae-ho and Lee Soon-cheol covering the match with caster Jung Woo-young. Former players Lee Jeong-beom and Jung Min-cheul appeared as commentators for the match broadcasted on SBS, along with caster Kim Na-jin.
The Korean national baseball team lost by 4 to 13 against the Japanese team in the first-round Pool B game at the 2023 WBC in the Tokyo Dome on Friday.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Ha eun Lee)
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