1.   Consultants are hired by stations to find ways to increase the ratings of news shows, and to do so quickly.

2.   Above this point there is a dramatic increase in the probability of recall with increasing risk ratings.

3.   And he told Fox executives to cut back on the reality shows that the network has used, almost embarrassingly, to increase ratings.

4.   After all, she had increased the ratings in her time slot nearly fourfold and become a local cult figure while honing the wisecracking image of the Babe.

5.   But more pressing to NBC, and for that matter, the NBA, is how to increase ratings for NBA games.

6.   Costly programming efforts have failed to increase its ratings substantially.

7.   Hockey has been the weakling of the sports family for decades, and increasing ratings is difficult.

8.   If in fact these stories do increase ratings, it means that the public is clamoring for the coverage.

9.   Moak concluded that the changes were intended to falsely increase the ratings of the schools.