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Here is the Jonesboro market according to Nielsen.
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The sole commercial TV station is in Jonesboro (Craighead County). People to the east, south and west who can only get that station with antenna and cannot get the digital over-the-air signal from the Little Rock and Memphis markets they are allocated to aren't counted as part of the market.

Look at Bowling Green, Kentucky. It's in Warren County, mysteriously, the TV signal travels quite well to the north and east but not to the south at all and barely to the west. In other words, there are people who can get Bowling Green television just fine and probably better than the market they are allocated to who aren't counted as part of the market
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Similar situation in Mississippi. Hattiesburg is in Forrest and Lamar counties but the TV signal doesn't travel south?
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(06-22-2010 09:28 AM)arkstfan Wrote: [ -> ]Here is the Jonesboro market according to Nielsen.
[Image: Jonesboro.gif]

The sole commercial TV station is in Jonesboro (Craighead County). People to the east, south and west who can only get that station with antenna and cannot get the digital over-the-air signal from the Little Rock and Memphis markets they are allocated to aren't counted as part of the market.

Look at Bowling Green, Kentucky. It's in Warren County, mysteriously, the TV signal travels quite well to the north and east but not to the south at all and barely to the west. In other words, there are people who can get Bowling Green television just fine and probably better than the market they are allocated to who aren't counted as part of the market
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Similar situation in Mississippi. Hattiesburg is in Forrest and Lamar counties but the TV signal doesn't travel south?
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The FCC requires signals to be directionalized to prevent radio and TV stations from interfering with each other.
Looks like the footprints are different than many people assume in the examples you've shown.
(06-22-2010 09:42 AM)AtlantaJag Wrote: [ -> ]The FCC requires signals to be directionalized to prevent radio and TV stations from interfering with each other.
Looks like the footprints are different than many people assume in the examples you've shown.

My parents live in Searcy, AR, 72 driving miles from Jonesboro station transmitter, 73 from where several Little Rock station transmitters are located. They are in the Little Rock market and 58 miles from the Jonesboro market. They can receive each markets stations over-the-air about equally and both are available on their local cable.
The Montgomery, AL market signal has to travel through NW Coffee County (Elba area) to get to SW Covington County (Florala area, part of the Montgomery market), yet we are part of the Dothan market. Because of the terrain I can't recieve an OTA signal from Dothan, but can from Montgomery. I am on satellite and recieve the Dothan market chanels via satellite. The Dothan market has no NBC station, so therefore we cannot recieve any NBC station via satellite. Not that I have missed it, but I haven't seen NBC (other than at someone else's house or out to eat) in years.

Knowing my luck the next SBC TV contract will be with NBC.

Jason
Where I live in Missouri I am actually in two different television markets (Springfield and Columbia/Jefferson City). Kind of nice to get 2 different markets teleivison coverage. I know how television markets are set up hurts the size of the Kansas City market. St. Joseph and Topeka are in the coverage area but aren't counted bc they have their own stations. It would be the same size as St. Louis if that were the case. Its an intresting thing to bring up.
I'm sure some on the Kentucky border also get Nashville TV. I know Nashville weather covers Southern Kentucky, including Warren County (Bowling Green).
(06-22-2010 12:53 PM)YJason Wrote: [ -> ]The Montgomery, AL market signal has to travel through NW Coffee County (Elba area) to get to SW Covington County (Florala area, part of the Montgomery market), yet we are part of the Dothan market. Because of the terrain I can't recieve an OTA signal from Dothan, but can from Montgomery. I am on satellite and recieve the Dothan market chanels via satellite. The Dothan market has no NBC station, so therefore we cannot recieve any NBC station via satellite. Not that I have missed it, but I haven't seen NBC (other than at someone else's house or out to eat) in years.

Knowing my luck the next SBC TV contract will be with NBC.

Jason

Yeah, I remember growing up in Dothan, after watching NBC primetime shows, the local news would come on and be either Panama City (Ch 7) or Montgomery (Ch 12).
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