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kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 76.51"
title: "47"
number: "76.51"
heading: "Major television markets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/76.51"
---

# §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.
  - (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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 335, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 562, 571, 572, 573.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972]