§ 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.

   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]

   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.fdsys.gov.

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