This is a list of the top TV markets in the country. It gives an accurate look at market sizes. TV markets take into account the actual city PLUS all of its subburbs (For example, Philly includes the city, all of Delaware, all of Southern New Jersey and a large portion of Eastern PA. That is why Philadelphia ranks #4.
Rank Designated Market Area (DMA) TV Households
1 New York 7,391,940
2 Los Angeles 5,647,440
3 Chicago 3,469,110
4 Philadelphia 2,939,950
5 Dallas-Ft. Worth 2,435,600
6 San Francisco-Oak-San Jose 2,419,440
7 Boston (Manchester) 2,393,960
8 Atlanta 2,310,490
9 Washington, DC (Hagrstwn) 2,308,290
10 Houston 2,050,550
11 Detroit 1,925,460
12 Phoenix (Prescott) 1,802,550
13 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) 1,783,910
14 Seattle-Tacoma 1,782,040
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,706,740
16 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 1,536,020
17 Cleveland-Akron (Canton) 1,533,710
18 Denver 1,477,280
19 Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn 1,434,050
20 Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto 1,391,790
21 St. Louis 1,244,370
22 Pittsburgh 1,158,210
23 Portland, OR 1,150,320
24 Baltimore 1,095,490
25 Charlotte 1,085,640
26 Indianapolis 1,072,090
27 San Diego 1,051,210
28 Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle) 1,039,890
29 Hartford & New Haven 1,007,490
30 Nashville 966,170
31 Kansas City 927,060
32 Columbus, OH 905,690
33 Cincinnati 904,340
34 Milwaukee 891,010
35 Salt Lake City 874,650
36 Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And 838,270
37 San Antonio 792,440
38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce 775,340
39 Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk 739,640
40 Birmingham (Ann, Tusc) 730,430
41 Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York 723,620
42 Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws 717,440
43 Las Vegas 707,470
44 Albuquerque-Santa Fe 677,740
45 Oklahoma City 676,850
46 Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem 671,980
47 Memphis 667,890
[b]48 Louisville 657,180
49 Jacksonville 655,470[/b]
50 Buffalo 636,700
51 Austin 635,860
52 Providence-New Bedford 626,800
53 New Orleans 600,150
54 Wilkes Barre-Scranton 592,310
55 Fresno-Visalia 568,730
56 Albany-Schenectady-Troy 553,790
57 Little Rock-Pine Bluff 552,400
58 Knoxville 534,410
59 Richmond-Petersburg 526,760
60 Tulsa 519,820
61 Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt) 517,410
62 Dayton 511,220
63 Ft. Myers-Naples 491,760
64 Lexington 490,530
65 Charleston-Huntington 476,680
66 Flint-Saginaw-Bay City 469,980
67 Roanoke-Lynchburg 451,580
68 Tucson (Sierra Vista) 446,550
69 Wichita-Hutchinson Plus 446,520
70 Green Bay-Appleton 439,940
71 Des Moines-Ames 425,760
72 Toledo 424,670
73 Honolulu 424,010
74 Springfield, MO 410,930
75 Omaha 407,700
76 Portland-Auburn 407,560
77 Spokane 403,820
78 Rochester, NY 392,420
79 Paducah-Cape Girard-Harsbg 390,130
80 Syracuse 386,380
http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/nmr_stati..._Ranks.xls
You can see that Philly and New York completely outweigh even Atlanta.
esayem Wrote:Okay, the ACC isn't physical. Wow, ignorance.
Big East has a much tougher and rough style of play than the ACC, in my opinion. There's more grit behind almost every game between every team while in the ACC you only really see that in one game (UNC/Duke).