47 C.F.R. § 76.51 – Major television markets.

For purposes of the cable television rules, the following is a list of the major television markets and their designated communities:

(a) First 50 major television markets:
1. (1) New York, New York-Linden-Paterson-Newark, New Jersey.
2. (2) Los Angeles-San Bernardino-Corona-Riverside-Anaheim, Calif.
3. (3) Chicago, Ill.
4. (4) Philadelphia, Pa.-Burlington, N.J.
5. (5) Detroit, Mich.
6. (6) Boston-Cambridge-Worcester-Lawrence, Mass.
7. (7) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
8. (8) Cleveland-Lorain-Akron, Ohio.
9. (9) Washington, DC.
10. (10) Pittsburgh, Pa.
11. (11) St. Louis, Mo.
12. (12) Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.
13. (13) Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
14. (14) Baltimore, Md.
15. (15) Houston, Tex.
16. (16) Indianapolis-Bloomington, Ind.
17. (17) Cincinnati, Ohio-Newport, Ky.
18. (18) Atlanta-Rome, Ga.
19. (19) Hartford-New Haven-New Britain-Waterbury-New London, Ct.
20. (20) Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
21. (21) Miami, Fla.
22. (22) Kansas City, Mo.
23. (23) Milwaukee, Wis.
24. (24) Buffalo, N.Y.
25. (25) Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Calif.
26. (26) Memphis, Tenn.
27. (27) Columbus-Chillicothe, Ohio.
28. (28) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.
29. (29) Portland, Oreg.
30. (30) Nashville, Tenn.
31. (31) New Orleans, La.
32. (32) Denver-Castle Rock, Colorado.
33. (33) Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, Mass.
34. (34) Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y.
35. (35) Syracuse, N.Y.
36. (36) Charleston-Huntington, W. Va.
37. (37) Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids-Battle Creek, Mich.
38. (38) Louisville, Ky.
39. (39) Oklahoma City, Okla.
40. (40) Birmingham, Ala.
41. (41) Dayton-Kettering, Ohio.
42. (42) Charlotte, N.C.
43. (43) Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
44. (44) Norfolk-Newport News-Portsmouth-Hampton, Va.
45. (45) San Antonio, Tex.
46. (46) Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.
47. (47) Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C.
48. (48) Salt Lake City, Utah.
49. (49) Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.
50. (50) Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
(b) Second 50 major television markets:
(51) San Diego, Calif.
(52) Toledo, Ohio.
(53) Omaha, Nebr.
(54) Tulsa, Okla.
(55) Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne-Cocoa-Clermont, Florida.
(56) Rochester, N.Y.
(57) Harrisburg-Lancaster-York, Pa.
(58) Texarkana, Tex.-Shreveport, La.
(59) Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.
(60) Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island-Moline, Ill.
(61) Flint-Bay City-Saginaw, Mich.
(62) Green Bay, Wis.
(63) Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
(64) Springfield-Decatur-Champaign, Illinois.
(65) Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, Iowa.
(66) Des Moines-Ames, Iowa.
(67) Wichita-Hutchinson, Kans.
(68) Jacksonville, Fla.
(69) Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Paducah, Ky.-Harrisburg, Ill.
(70) Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va.
(71) Knoxville, Tenn.
(72) Fresno-Visalia-Hanford-Clovis-Merced-Porterville, California.
(73) Raleigh-Durham-Goldsboro-Fayetteville, North Carolina.
(74) Johnstown-Altoona, Pa.
(75) Portland-Poland Spring, Maine.
(76) Spokane, Wash.
(77) Jackson, Miss.
(78) Chattanooga, Tenn.
(79) Youngstown, Ohio.
(80) South Bend-Elkhart, Ind.
(81) Albuquerque, N. Mex.
(82) Fort Wayne-Roanoke, Ind.
(83) Peoria, Ill.
(84) Greenville-Washington-New Bern, N.C.
(85) Sioux Falls-Mitchell, S. Dak.
(86) Evansville, Ind.
(87) Baton Rouge, La.
(88) Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex.
(89) Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Minn.
(90) Wheeling, W. Va.-Steubenville, Ohio.
(91) Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, Nebr.
(92) Lansing-Onondaga, Mich.
(93) Madison, Wis.
(94) Columbus, Ga.
(95) Amarillo, Tex.
(96) Huntsville-Decatur, Ala.
(97) Rockford-Freeport, Ill.
(98) Fargo-Valley City, N.D.
(99) Monroe, La.-El Dorado, Ark.
(100) Columbia, S.C.
Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 76.51, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

Note: Requests for changes to this list shall be made in the form of a petition for rulemaking pursuant to § 1.401 of this chapter, except that such petitions shall not be subject to the public notice provisions of § 1.403 of this chapter.

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972]