Channel 13’s coverage of Sunday’s Los Angeles...

Channel 13’s coverage of Sunday’s Los Angeles Marathon drew a Nielsen rating of 9.6 with a 26% share of the audience. Last year’s inaugural race got a 13 rating with a 35% share.

The 9.6 for this year’s race was the highest sports rating of the day. A Philadelphia-Washington NBA game on Channel 2 drew a 4.3 rating and ABC’s “Wide World of Sports,” featuring the Race Across America bicycle race, drew a 4.2 on Channel 7.