---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 76.53"
title: "47"
number: "76.53"
heading: "Reference points."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/76.53"
---

# §76.53. Reference points.


The following list of reference points shall be used to identify the boundaries of the major and smaller television markets (defined in [§ 76.5](/cfr/47/76.5.md)). Where a community's reference point is not given, the geographic coordinates of the main post office in the community shall be used.


## Notes

### Amendments

[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13866, July 14, 1972; 51 FR 18451, May 20, 1986; 51 FR 44608, Dec. 11, 1986; 54 FR 25716, June 19, 1989; 56 FR 49707, Oct. 1, 1991]

### 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, as amended at 37 FR 13866, July 14, 1972; 51 FR 18451, May 20, 1986; 51 FR 44608, Dec. 11, 1986; 54 FR 25716, June 19, 1989; 56 FR 49707, Oct. 1, 1991]