[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR76.51]



[Page 557-558]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 76_MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart D_Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals

 

Sec. 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) New York, New York-Linden-Paterson-Newark, New Jersey.

    (2) Los Angeles-San Bernardino-Corona-Riverside-Anaheim, Calif.

    (3) Chicago, Ill.

    (4) Philadelphia, Pa.-Burlington, N.J.

    (5) Detroit, Mich.

    (6) Boston-Cambridge-Worcester-Lawrence, Mass.

    (7) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

    (8) Cleveland-Lorain-Akron, Ohio.

    (9) Washington, DC.

    (10) Pittsburgh, Pa.

    (11) St. Louis, Mo.

    (12) Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.

    (13) Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

    (14) Baltimore, Md.

    (15) Houston, Tex.

    (16) Indianapolis-Bloomington, Ind.

    (17) Cincinnati, Ohio-Newport, Ky.

    (18) Atlanta-Rome, Ga.

    (19) Hartford-New Haven-New Britain-Waterbury-New London, Ct.

    (20) Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.

    (21) Miami, Fla.

    (22) Kansas City, Mo.

    (23) Milwaukee, Wis.

    (24) Buffalo, N.Y.



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    (25) Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Calif.

    (26) Memphis, Tenn.

    (27) Columbus-Chillicothe, Ohio.

    (28) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.

    (29) Portland, Oreg.

    (30) Nashville, Tenn.

    (31) New Orleans, La.

    (32) Denver-Castle Rock, Colorado.

    (33) Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, Mass.

    (34) Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y.

    (35) Syracuse, N.Y.

    (36) Charleston-Huntington, W. Va.

    (37) Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids-Battle Creek, Mich.

    (38) Louisville, Ky.

    (39) Oklahoma City, Okla.

    (40) Birmingham, Ala.

    (41) Dayton-Kettering, Ohio.

    (42) Charlotte, N.C.

    (43) Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.

    (44) Norfolk-Newport News-Portsmouth-Hampton, Va.

    (45) San Antonio, Tex.

    (46) Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.

    (47) Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C.

    (48) Salt Lake City, Utah.

    (49) Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.

    (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.



    Note: Requests for changes to this list shall be made in the form of 

a petition for rulemaking pursuant to Sec. 1.401 of this chapter, 

except that such petitions shall not be subject to the public notice 

provisions of Sec. 1.403 of this chapter.



[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13866, July 14, 1972; 39 

FR 24373, July 2, 1974; 39 FR 27572, July 30, 1974; 39 FR 37988, Oct. 

25, 1974; 58 FR 17359, Apr. 2, 1993; 58 FR 30995, May 28, 1993; 58 FR 

64168, Dec. 6, 1993; 58 FR 67694, Dec. 22, 1993; 59 FR 25344, May 16, 

1994; 59 FR 46358, Sept. 8, 1994; 60 FR 45376, Aug. 31, 1995; 60 FR 

51928, Oct. 4, 1995; 61 FR 18292, Apr. 25, 1996; 65 FR 68101, Nov. 14, 

2000; 69 FR 3270, Jan. 23, 2004]