| APPENDIX B - Nielsen Media Research
Listing of Designated Market Areas (DMAs) by Ranking |
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| DMAs
ranked by number of television households based on estimates from January 2000. |
| DMAs with
minority stations are highlighted and capitalized. |
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| Rank |
Designated Market Areas
(DMAs) |
Television Households |
| 1 |
NEW YORK |
6,874,990 |
| 2 |
LOS ANGELES |
5,234,690 |
| 3 |
CHICAGO |
3,204,710 |
| 4 |
PHILADELPHIA |
2,670,710 |
| 5 |
SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE |
2,423,120 |
| 6 |
BOSTON(MANCHESTER) |
2,210,580 |
| 7 |
DALLAS-FT. WORTH |
2,018,120 |
| 8 |
WASHINGTON, DC (HAGERSTOWN) |
1,999,870 |
| 9 |
DETROIT |
1,855,500 |
| 10 |
ATLANTA |
1,774,720 |
| 11 |
HOUSTON |
1,712,060 |
| 12 |
SEATTLE-TACOMA |
1,591,100 |
| 13 |
TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, SARASOTA |
1,485,980 |
| 14 |
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL |
1,481,050 |
| 15 |
CLEVELAND |
1,479,020 |
| 16 |
MIAMI-FT. LAUDERDALE |
1,441,570 |
| 17 |
PHOENIX |
1,390,750 |
| 18 |
DENVER |
1,268,230 |
| 19 |
SACRAMENTO-STOCKTON-MODESTO |
1,159,820 |
| 20 |
PITTSBURGH |
1,135,290 |
| 21 |
ST. LOUIS |
1,114,370 |
| 22 |
ORLANDO-DAYTONA BCH-MELBRNE |
1,101,920 |
| 23 |
Portland |
1,004,140 |
| 24 |
Baltimore |
999,200 |
| 25 |
SAN DIEGO |
980,620 |
| 26 |
INDIANAPOLIS |
963,320 |
| 27 |
HARTFORD & NEW HAVEN |
915,940 |
| 28 |
CHARLOTTE |
880,570 |
| 29 |
RALEIGH-DURHAM (FAYETTEVILLE) |
858,490 |
| 30 |
NASHVILLE |
826,090 |
| 31 |
KANSAS CITY |
820,580 |
| 32 |
CINCINNATI |
820,000 |
| 33 |
MILWAUKEE |
815,640 |
| 34 |
COLUMBUS |
757,860 |
| 35 |
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBRG-ASHVILLE-ANDERSON |
732,490 |
| 36 |
Salt Lake City |
720,860 |
| 37 |
SAN ANTONIO |
684,730 |
| 38 |
GRAND RAPIDS-KALAMAZOO-BATTLE CREEK |
671,320 |
| 39 |
BIRMINGHAM (ANNISTON, TUSCALOOSA) |
667,650 |
| 40 |
MEMPHIS |
632,110 |
| 41 |
NEW ORLEANS |
629,820 |
| 42 |
NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH-NEWPORT NEWS |
629,100 |
| 43 |
WEST PALM BEACH-FT. PIERCE |
623,760 |
| 44 |
BUFFALO |
621,460 |
| 45 |
OKLAHOMA CITY |
600,240 |
| 46 |
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York |
599,930 |
| 47 |
GREENSBORO-HIGH POINT-WINSTON SALEM |
592,770 |
| 48 |
LOUISVILLE |
576,850 |
| 49 |
ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE |
568,650 |
| 50 |
Providence-New Bedford |
565,230 |
| 51 |
WILKES BARRE-SCRANTON |
555,400 |
| 52 |
JACKSONVILLE, BRUNSWICK |
540,450 |
| 53 |
LasVegas |
521,200 |
| 54 |
FRESNO-VISALIA |
511,050 |
| 55 |
ALBANY-SCHENECTADY-TROY |
507,000 |
| 56 |
DAYTON |
506,440 |
| 57 |
LITTLE ROCK-PINE BLUFF |
488,000 |
| 58 |
TULSA |
482,740 |
| 59 |
Charleston-Huntington |
481,410 |
| 60 |
RICHMOND-PETERSBURG |
474,610 |
| 61 |
AUSTIN |
472,780 |
| 62 |
MOBILE-PENSACOLA (FT. WALTON BEACH) |
471,920 |
| 63 |
Knoxville |
451,870 |
| 64 |
FLINT-SAGINAW-BAY CITY |
444,120 |
| 65 |
WICHITA-HUTCHINSON PLUS |
443,690 |
| 66 |
LEXINGTON |
416,200 |
| 67 |
TOLEDO |
411,450 |
| 68 |
Roanoke-Lynchburg |
403,270 |
| 69 |
Green Bay-Appleton |
392,300 |
| 70 |
Des Moines-Ames |
387,850 |
| 71 |
HONOLULU |
385,790 |
| 72 |
Tucson (Sierra Vista) |
380,900 |
| 73 |
OMAHA |
373,320 |
| 74 |
PADUCAH-C. GIRARDEAU-HARSBRG.-MT.VRNON |
370,900 |
| 75 |
SHREVEPORT |
370,480 |
| 76 |
SYRACUSE |
369,680 |
| 77 |
ROCHESTER |
366,770 |
| 78 |
SPOKANE |
366,080 |
| 79 |
SPRINGFIELD, MO |
363,500 |
| 80 |
Portland-Auburn |
355,040 |
| 81 |
FT. MYERS-NAPLES |
343,550 |
| 82 |
HUNTSVILLE-DECATUR, FLORENCE |
342,460 |
| 83 |
CHAMPAIGN & SPRINGFIELD-DECATUR |
341,990 |
| 84 |
CHATTANOOGA |
327,310 |
| 85 |
Madison |
322,780 |
| 86 |
COLUMBIA, SC |
317,740 |
| 87 |
SOUTH BEND-ELKHART |
314,920 |
| 88 |
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline |
308,790 |
| 89 |
JACKSON, MS |
305,830 |
| 90 |
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo & Dubuque |
303,470 |
| 91 |
Burlington-Plattsburgh |
295,480 |
| 92 |
Tri-Cities, TN-VA |
293,150 |
| 93 |
Colorado Springs-Pueblo |
290,830 |
| 94 |
WACO-TEMPLE-BRYAN |
286,300 |
| 95 |
JOHNSTOWN-ALTOONA |
286,070 |
| 96 |
El Paso |
276,980 |
| 97 |
Baton Rouge |
276,130 |
| 98 |
Evansville |
274,660 |
| 99 |
YOUNGSTOWN |
272,990 |
| 100 |
SAVANNAH |
261,830 |
| 101 |
Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney |
260,190 |
| 102 |
HARLINGEN-WESLACO-BROWNSVILLE-MCALLEN |
254,460 |
| 103 |
Ft. Wayne |
249,350 |
| 104 |
CHARLESTON, SC |
243,230 |
| 105 |
SPRINGFIELD-HOLYOKE |
242,450 |
| 106 |
GREENVILLE-NEW BERN-WASHINGTON |
241,040 |
| 107 |
LANSING |
237,860 |
| 108 |
TYLER-LONGVIEW (LUFKIN & NACOGDOCHES) |
236,760 |
| 109 |
TALLAHASSEE-THOMASVILLE |
230,300 |
| 110 |
PEORIA-BLOOMINGTON |
229,770 |
| 111 |
RENO |
228,880 |
| 112 |
MONTEREY-SALINAS |
228,630 |
| 113 |
STA. BARBARA-STA. MARIA-SN. LUIS OBISPO |
228,350 |
| 114 |
SIOUX FALLS (MITCHELL) |
228,260 |
| 115 |
Augusta |
228,240 |
| 116 |
FLORENCE-MYRTLE BEACH |
227,520 |
| 117 |
Montgomery (Selma) |
226,810 |
| 118 |
Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers |
221,740 |
| 119 |
Fargo-Valley City |
220,200 |
| 120 |
Traverse City-Cadillac |
219,500 |
| 121 |
Macon |
210,460 |
| 122 |
EUGENE |
209,790 |
| 123 |
LAFAYETTE, LA |
203,650 |
| 124 |
YAKIMA-PASCO-RICHLAND-KENNEWICK |
199,850 |
| 125 |
Boise |
199,760 |
| 126 |
AMARILLO |
191,450 |
| 127 |
COLUMBUS, GA |
186,790 |
| 128 |
CORPUS CHRISTI |
184,900 |
| 129 |
La Crosse-Eau Claire |
182,310 |
| 130 |
BAKERSFIELD |
181,660 |
| 131 |
CHICO-REDDING |
176,610 |
| 132 |
COLUMBUS-TUPELO-WEST POINT |
175,370 |
| 133 |
Duluth-Superior |
175,000 |
| 134 |
MONROE-EL DORADO |
173,070 |
| 135 |
Rockford |
170,680 |
| 136 |
Wausau-Rhinelander |
165,760 |
| 137 |
BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR |
165,290 |
| 138 |
Topeka |
157,750 |
| 139 |
Terre Haute |
157,200 |
| 140 |
WHEELING-STEUBENVILLE |
157,000 |
| 141 |
Erie |
154,550 |
| 142 |
Medford-Klamath Falls |
154,310 |
| 143 |
WICHITA FALLS & LAWTON |
153,330 |
| 144 |
Sioux City |
150,630 |
| 145 |
Columbia-Jefferson City |
150,220 |
| 146 |
LUBBOCK |
147,570 |
| 147 |
Joplin-Pittsburg |
147,330 |
| 148 |
Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill |
140,580 |
| 149 |
ALBANY, GA |
139,280 |
| 150 |
ODESSA-MIDLAND |
138,510 |
| 151 |
WILMINGTON |
138,120 |
| 152 |
Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson |
137,220 |
| 153 |
Rochester-Mason City-Austin |
132,120 |
| 154 |
Binghamton |
129,100 |
| 155 |
ANCHORAGE |
128,280 |
| 156 |
Bangor |
128,140 |
| 157 |
Panama City |
122,790 |
| 158 |
BILOXI-GULFPORT |
117,040 |
| 159 |
PALM SPRINGS |
115,070 |
| 160 |
SHERMAN-ADA |
113,640 |
| 161 |
Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk |
110,740 |
| 162 |
SALISBURY |
109,740 |
| 163 |
ABILENE-SWEETWATER |
109,690 |
| 164 |
Clarksburg-Weston |
106,140 |
| 165 |
Gainesville |
104,170 |
| 166 |
Idaho Falls-Pocatello |
103,840 |
| 167 |
HATTIESBURG-LAUREL |
99,220 |
| 168 |
Utica |
97,270 |
| 169 |
Billings |
95,010 |
| 170 |
Elmira |
92,370 |
| 171 |
Missoula |
91,330 |
| 172 |
Dothan |
91,320 |
| 173 |
LAKE CHARLES |
88,160 |
| 174 |
Yuma-El Centro |
86,960 |
| 175 |
Rapid City |
85,950 |
| 176 |
Watertown |
84,730 |
| 177 |
ALEXANDRIA, LA |
82,740 |
| 178 |
Jonesboro |
82,500 |
| 179 |
Marquette |
81,770 |
| 180 |
Harrisonburg |
77,850 |
| 181 |
GREENWOOD-GREENVILLE |
76,320 |
| 182 |
Bowling Green |
75,560 |
| 183 |
Meridian |
68,100 |
| 184 |
JACKSON,TN |
63,840 |
| 185 |
Parkersburg |
61,960 |
| 186 |
Great Falls |
60,880 |
| 187 |
Grand Junction-Montrose |
59,210 |
| 188 |
TWIN FALLS |
56,850 |
| 189 |
Eureka |
56,650 |
| 190 |
Butte-Bozeman |
54,600 |
| 191 |
LAREDO |
54,540 |
| 192 |
St. Joseph |
53,780 |
| 193 |
Charlottesville |
52,840 |
| 194 |
Lafayette, IN |
52,170 |
| 195 |
Mankato |
52,000 |
| 196 |
SAN ANGELO |
51,460 |
| 197 |
Cheyenne Scottsbluff |
50,020 |
| 198 |
Ottumwa-Kirksville |
48,680 |
| 199 |
Casper-Riverton |
48,280 |
| 200 |
Bend |
41,950 |
| 201 |
Lima |
38,060 |
| 202 |
Zanesville |
31,840 |
| 203 |
Fairbanks |
30,700 |
| 204 |
VICTORIA |
29,720 |
| 205 |
Presque Isle |
27,580 |
| 206 |
Juneau |
23,930 |
| 207 |
Helena |
20,940 |
| 208 |
Alpena |
16,530 |
| 209 |
North Platte |
14,550 |
| 210 |
Glendive |
3,900 |
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| Source: Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 |
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