{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-76.51","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 76.51","heading":"Major television markets.","body":"For purposes of the cable television rules, the following is a list of the major television markets and their designated communities:\n(a) First 50 major television markets:\n(1) New York, New York-Linden-Paterson-Newark, New Jersey.\n(2) Los Angeles-San Bernardino-Corona-Riverside-Anaheim, Calif.\n(3) Chicago, Ill.\n(4) Philadelphia, Pa.-Burlington, N.J.\n(5) Detroit, Mich.\n(6) Boston-Cambridge-Worcester-Lawrence, Mass.\n(7) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.\n(8) Cleveland-Lorain-Akron, Ohio.\n(9) Washington, DC.\n(10) Pittsburgh, Pa.\n(11) St. Louis, Mo.\n(12) Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.\n(13) Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.\n(14) Baltimore, Md.\n(15) Houston, Tex.\n(16) Indianapolis-Bloomington, Ind.\n(17) Cincinnati, Ohio-Newport, Ky.\n(18) Atlanta-Rome, Ga.\n(19) Hartford-New Haven-New Britain-Waterbury-New London, Ct.\n(20) Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.\n(21) Miami, Fla.\n(22) Kansas City, Mo.\n(23) Milwaukee, Wis.\n(24) Buffalo, N.Y.\n(25) Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Calif.\n(26) Memphis, Tenn.\n(27) Columbus-Chillicothe, Ohio.\n(28) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.\n(29) Portland, Oreg.\n(30) Nashville, Tenn.\n(31) New Orleans, La.\n(32) Denver-Castle Rock, Colorado.\n(33) Providence, R.I.-New Bedford, Mass.\n(34) Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y.\n(35) Syracuse, N.Y.\n(36) Charleston-Huntington, W. Va.\n(37) Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids-Battle Creek, Mich.\n(38) Louisville, Ky.\n(39) Oklahoma City, Okla.\n(40) Birmingham, Ala.\n(41) Dayton-Kettering, Ohio.\n(42) Charlotte, N.C.\n(43) Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.\n(44) Norfolk-Newport News-Portsmouth-Hampton, Va.\n(45) San Antonio, Tex.\n(46) Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.\n(47) Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C.\n(48) Salt Lake City, Utah.\n(49) Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.\n(50) Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas.\n(b) Second 50 major television markets:\n(51) San Diego, Calif.\n(52) Toledo, Ohio.\n(53) Omaha, Nebr.\n(54) Tulsa, Okla.\n(55) Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne-Cocoa-Clermont, Florida.\n(56) Rochester, N.Y.\n(57) Harrisburg-Lancaster-York, Pa.\n(58) Texarkana, Tex.-Shreveport, La.\n(59) Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.\n(60) Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island-Moline, Ill.\n(61) Flint-Bay City-Saginaw, Mich.\n(62) Green Bay, Wis.\n(63) Richmond-Petersburg, Va.\n(64) Springfield-Decatur-Champaign, Illinois.\n(65) Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, Iowa.\n(66) Des Moines-Ames, Iowa.\n(67) Wichita-Hutchinson, Kans.\n(68) Jacksonville, Fla.\n(69) Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Paducah, Ky.-Harrisburg, Ill.\n(70) Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va.\n(71) Knoxville, Tenn.\n(72) Fresno-Visalia-Hanford-Clovis-Merced-Porterville, California.\n(73) Raleigh-Durham-Goldsboro-Fayetteville, North Carolina.\n(74) Johnstown-Altoona, Pa.\n(75) Portland-Poland Spring, Maine.\n(76) Spokane, Wash.\n(77) Jackson, Miss.\n(78) Chattanooga, Tenn.\n(79) Youngstown, Ohio.\n(80) South Bend-Elkhart, Ind.\n(81) Albuquerque, N. Mex.\n(82) Fort Wayne-Roanoke, Ind.\n(83) Peoria, Ill.\n(84) Greenville-Washington-New Bern, N.C.\n(85) Sioux Falls-Mitchell, S. Dak.\n(86) Evansville, Ind.\n(87) Baton Rouge, La.\n(88) Beaumont-Port Arthur, Tex.\n(89) Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Minn.\n(90) Wheeling, W. Va.-Steubenville, Ohio.\n(91) Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, Nebr.\n(92) Lansing-Onondaga, Mich.\n(93) Madison, Wis.\n(94) Columbus, Ga.\n(95) Amarillo, Tex.\n(96) Huntsville-Decatur, Ala.\n(97) Rockford-Freeport, Ill.\n(98) Fargo-Valley City, N.D.\n(99) Monroe, La.-El Dorado, Ark.\n(100) Columbia, S.C.\nNote:\nRequests 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.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER C—BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES","PART 76—MULTICHANNEL VIDEO AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE","Subpart D—Carriage of Television Broadcast Signals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"0bef0e1129e90912b6bac734ed747ae2d00debe1e5b1085804e4aba102850d0b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-76.43","next":"us/47-cfr-76.53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}