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-Fontana-Riverside, 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.

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    (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) Los Angeles-San Bernandino-Corona-Riverside-Anaheim, Calif.
    (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, 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]