{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-90.741","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 90.741","heading":"Urban areas for Phase I nationwide systems.","body":"Licensees of Phase I nationwide systems must construct base stations, or fixed stations transmitting on frequencies in the 220-221 MHz band, in a minimum of 28 of the urban areas listed in the following Table within ten years of initial license grant. A base station, or fixed station, is considered to be within one of the listed urban areas if it is within 60 kilometers (37.3 miles) of the specified coordinates (coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD83)).\nTable\nUrban area North latitude West longitude\nNew York, New York-Northeastern New Jersey 40°45′06.4″ 73°59′37.5″\nLos Angeles-Long Beach, California 34°03′15.0″ 118°14′31.3″\nChicago, Illinois-Northwestern Indiana 41°52′28.1″ 87°38′22.2″\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania/New Jersey 39°56′58.4″ 75°09′19.6″\nDetroit, Michigan 42°19′48.1″ 83°02′56.7″\nBoston, Massachusetts 42°21′24.4″ 71°03′23.2″\nSan Francisco-Oakland, California 37°46′38.7″ 122°24′43.9″\nWashington, DC/Maryland/Virginia 38°53′51.4″ 77°00′31.9″\nDallas-Fort Worth, Texas 32°47′09.5″ 96°47′38.0″\nHouston, Texas 29°45′26.8″ 95°21′37.8″\nSt Louis, Missouri/Illinois 38°37′45.2″ 90°12′22.4″\nMiami, Florida 25°46′38.4″ 80°11′31.2″\nPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 40°26′19.2″ 79°59′59.2″\nBaltimore, Maryland 39°17′26.4″ 76°36′43.9″\nMinneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota 44°58′56.9″ 93°15′43.8″\nCleveland, Ohio 41°29′51.2″ 81°41′49.5″\nAtlanta, Georgia 33°45′10.4″ 84°23′36.7″\nSan Diego, California 32°42′53.2″ 117°09′24.1″\nDenver, Colorado 39°44′58.0″ 104°59′23.9″\nSeattle-Everett, Washington 47°36′31.4″ 122°20′16.5″\nMilwaukee, Wisconsin 43°02′19.0″ 87°54′15.3″\nTampa, Florida 27°56′59.1″ 82°27′24.3″\nCincinnati, Ohio/Kentucky 39°06′07.2″ 84°30′34.8″\nKansas City, Missouri/Kansas 39°04′56.0″ 94°35′20.8″\nBuffalo, New York 42°52′52.2″ 78°52′20.1″\nPhoenix, Arizona 33°27′12.2″ 112°04′30.5″\nSan Jose, California 37°20′15.8″ 121°53′27.8″\nIndianapolis, Indiana 39°46′07.2″ 86°09′46.0″\nNew Orleans, Louisiana 29°56′53.7″ 90°04′10.3″\nPortland, Oregon/Washington 45°31′05.4″ 122°40′39.3″\nColumbus, Ohio 39°57′47.2″ 83°00′16.7″\nHartford, Connecticut 41°46′12.4″ 72°40′47.3″\nSan Antonio, Texas 29°25′37.8″ 98°29′07.1″\nRochester, New York 43°09′41.2″ 77°36′20.0″\nSacramento, California 38°34′56.7″ 121°29′44.8″\nMemphis, Tennessee/Arkansas/Mississippi 35°08′46.3″ 90°03′13.3″\nLouisville, Kentucky/Indiana 38°14′47.3″ 85°45′48.9″\nProvidence-Pawtucket-Warwick, RI/MA 41°49′32.4″ 71°24′39.2″\nSalt Lake City, Utah 40°45′22.8″ 111°53′28.8″\nDayton, Ohio 39°45′32.2″ 84°11′42.8″\nBirmingham, Alabama 33°31′01.4″ 86°48′36.0″\nBridgeport, Connecticut 41°10′49.3″ 73°11′20.4″\nNorfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia 36°51′10.5″ 76°17′19.8″\nAlbany-Schenectady-Troy, New York 42°39′01.3″ 73°44′59.4″\nOklahoma City, Oklahoma 35°28′26.2″ 97°31′05.1″\nNashville-Davidson, Tennessee 36°09′33.2″ 86°46′55.0″\nToledo, Ohio/Michigan 41°39′14.2″ 83°32′38.8″\nNew Haven, Connecticut 41°18′25.3″ 72°55′28.4″\nHonolulu, Hawaii 21°18′48.6″ 157°51′50.1″\nJacksonville, Florida 30°19′44.9″ 81°39′41.3″\nAkron, Ohio 41°05′00.2″ 81°30′43.4″\nSyracuse, New York 43°03′04.2″ 76°09′12.7″\nWorcester, Massachusetts 42°15′37.3″ 71°48′15.3″\nTulsa, Oklahoma 36°09′12.3″ 95°59′35.0″\nAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA/NJ 40°36′11.4″ 75°28′04.7″\nRichmond, Virginia 37°32′15.5″ 77°26′07.9″\nOrlando, Florida 28°32′43.0″ 81°22′37.3″\nCharlotte, North Carolina 35°13′44.5″ 80°50′44.3″\nSpringfield-Chicopee-Holyoke, MA/CT 42°06′21.3″ 72°35′30.3″\nGrand Rapids, Michigan 42°58′03.1″ 85°40′13.1″\nOmaha, Nebraska/Iowa 41°15′42.0″ 95°56′15.1″\nYoungstown-Warren, Ohio 41°05′57.2″ 80°39′01.3″\nGreenville, South Carolina 34°50′50.4″ 82°24′00.4″\nFlint, Michigan 43°00′50.1″ 83°41′32.8″\nWilmington, Delaware/New Jersey/Maryland 39°44′46.4″ 75°32′49.7″\nRaleigh-Durham/North Carolina 35°46′38.5″ 78°38′20.0″\nWest Palm Beach, Florida 26°42′37.2″ 80°03′06.1″\nOxnard-Simi Valley-Ventura, California 34°12′00.0″ 119°11′03.4″\nFresno, California 36°44′11.8″ 119°47′14.5″\nAustin, Texas 30°16′09.8″ 97°44′38.0″\nTucson, Arizona 32°13′15.3″ 110°58′10.3″\nLansing, Michigan 42°44′01.1″ 84°33′14.9″\nKnoxville, Tennessee 35°57′39.3″ 83°55′06.7″\nBaton Rouge, Louisiana 30°26′58.7″ 91°11′00.4″\nEl Paso, Texas 31°45′36.4″ 106°29′13.0″\nTacoma, Washington 47°14′58.4″ 122°26′19.4″\nMobile, Alabama 30°41′36.7″ 88°02′33.0″\nHarrisburg, Pennsylvania 40°15′43.3″ 76°52′57.9″\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico 35°05′01.2″ 106°39′07.1″\nCanton, Ohio 40°47′50.2″ 81°22′36.4″\nChattanooga, Tennessee/Georgia 35°02′41.3″ 85°18′31.8″\nWichita, Kansas 37°41′30.1″ 97°20′17.2″\nCharleston, South Carolina 32°46′35.6″ 79°55′52.3″\nSan Juan, Puerto Rico 18°27′52.8″ 66°06′58.6″\nLittle Rock-North Little Rock, Arkansas 34°44′42.3″ 92°16′37.5″\nLas Vegas, Nevada 36°10′19.9″ 115°08′40.0″\nColumbia, South Carolina 34°00′02.6″ 81°01′59.3″\nFort Wayne, Indiana 41°04′21.2″ 85°08′25.9″\nBakersfield, California 35°22′30.9″ 119°01′19.4″\nDavenport-Rock Island-Moline, IA/IL 41°31′00.1″ 90°35′00.5″\nShreveport, Louisiana 32°30′46.5″ 93°44′58.6″\nDes Moines, Iowa 41°35′14.0″ 93°37′00.8″\nPeoria, Illinois 40°41′42.1″ 89°35′33.4″\nNewport News-Hampton, Virginia 36°59′30.5″ 76°25′58.8″\nJackson, Mississippi 32°17′56.5″ 90°11′06.3″\nAugusta, Georgia/South Carolina 33°28′20.5″ 81°57′59.4″\nSpokane, Washington 47°39′31.6″ 117°25′36.8″\nCorpus Christi, Texas 27°47′52.1″ 97°23′46.0″\nMadison, Wisconsin 43°04′23.0″ 89°22′55.4″\nColorado Springs, Colorado 38°50′07.0″ 104°49′17.9″\nNote:\nThe geographic coordinates are originally from the Department of Commerce publication of 1947: “Air-line Distances Between Cities in the United States” and from data supplied by the National Geodetic Survey and converted to the reference system of North American Datum 1983 using the National Geodetic Survey's NADCON program. The coordinates are determined by using the first city mentioned as the center of the urban area.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER D—SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES","PART 90—PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES","Subpart T—Regulations Governing Licensing and Use of Frequencies in the 220-222 MHz Band"],"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":"02169e05db00b6e20b84addefb3346a468cfc703223c1722b36c2c43f6872cff","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-90.739","next":"us/47-cfr-90.743"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}