Ranking Designated Market Area (DMA)
2007 / 2008 / CHANGE + or -
1 1 New York, NY
2 2 Los Angeles, CA
3 3 Chicago, IL
4 4 Philadelphia, PA
6 5 +1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX
5 6 -1 San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose, CA
7 7 Boston, MA
9 8 +1 Atlanta, GA
8 9 -1 Washington, DC
10 10 Houston, TX
11 11 Detroit, MI
13 12 +1 Phoenix, AZ
12 13 -1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Sarasota, FL
14 14 Seattle - Tacoma, WA
15 15 Minneapolis, MN
16 16 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
17 17 Cleveland - Akron, OH
18 18 Denver, CO
19 19 Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne, FL
20 20 Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto, CA
21 21 St. Louis, MO
22 22 Pittsburgh, PA
23 23 Portland, OR
24 24 Baltimore, MD
26 25 +1 Charlotte, NC
25 26 -1 Indianapolis, IN
27 27 San Diego, CA
29 28 +1 Raleigh - Durham, NC
28 29 -1 Hartford - New Haven, CT
30 30 Nashville, TN
31 31 Kansas City, MO
32 32 Columbus, OH
33 33 Cincinnati, OH
34 34 Milwaukee, WI
35 35 Salt Lake City, UT
36 36 Greenville - Spartanburg, SC / Asheville, NC / Anderson, SC
37 37 San Antonio, TX
38 38 West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce, FL
39 39 Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek, MI
40 40 Birmingham, AL
41 41 Harrisburg - Lancaster - Lebanon - York, PA
42 42 Norfolk - Portsmouth - Newport News, VA
43 43 Las Vegas, NV
46 44 +2 Albuquerque - Santa Fe, NM
45 45 Oklahoma City, OK
47 46 +1 Greensboro - High Point - Winston Salem, NC
44 47 -3 Memphis, TN
48 48 Louisville, KY
50 49 +1 Jacksonville, FL / Brunswick, GA
49 50 -1 Buffalo, NY
52 51 +1 Austin, TX
51 52 -1 Providence, RI / New Bedford, MA
54 53 +1 New Orleans, LA
53 54 -1 Wilkes Barre - Scranton, PA
55 55 Fresno - Visalia, CA
56 56 Albany - Schnectady - Troy, NY
57 57 Little Rock - Pine Bluff, AR
60 58 +2 Knoxville, TN
61 59 +2 Richmond - Petersburg, VA
62 60 +2 Tulsa, OK
59 61 -2 Mobile, AL / Pensacola, FL
58 62 -4 Dayton, OH
64 63 +1 Ft. Myers - Naples, FL
63 64 -1 Lexington, KY
65 65 Charleston - Huntington, WV
66 66 Flint - Saginaw - Bay City, MI
68 67 +1 Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA
70 68 +2 Tucson, AZ
67 69 -2 Wichita - Hutchinson, KS
69 70 -1 Green Bay - Appleton, WI
73 71 +2 Des Moines - Ames, IA
71 72 -1 Toledo, OH
72 73 -1 Honolulu, HI
76 74 +2 Springfield, MO
75 75 Omaha, NE
74 76 -2 Portland - Auburn, ME
77 77 Spokane, WA
78 78 Rochester, NY
80 79 +1 Paducah, KY / Cape Girardeau, MO / Harrisburg - Mt. Vernon, IL
79 80 -1 Syracuse, NY
83 81 +2 Columbia, SC
81 82 -1 Shreveport, LA
84 83 +1 Huntsville - Decatur - Florence, AL
82 84 -2 Champaign - Springfield - Decatur, IL
85 85 Madison, WI
86 86 Chattanooga, TN
89 87 +2 Cedar Rapids - Waterloo - Dubuque, IA
91 88 +3 Harlingen - Weslaco - Brownsville - McAllen, TX
88 89 -1 South Bend - Elkhart, IN
87 90 -3 Jackson, MS
92 91 +1 Tri Cities, TN
90 92 -2 Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY
94 93 +1 Colorado Springs - Pueblo, CO
93 94 -1 Baton Rouge, LA
95 95 Waco - Temple - Bryan, TX
96 96 Davenport, IA / Rock Island - Moline, IL
97 97 Savannah, GA
99 98 +1 El Paso, TX
98 99 -1 Johnstown - Altoona, PA
100 100 Charleston, SC
101 101 Evansville, IN
102 102 Ft. Smith, AR
105 103 +2 Florence - Myrtle Beach, SC
104 104 Lincoln - Hastings -Kearney, NE
107 105 +2 Greenville - New Bern - Washington, NC
103 106 -3 Youngstown, OH
106 107 -1 Ft. Wayne, IN
108 108 Tallahassee, FL / Thomasville, GA
109 109 Springfield - Holyoke, MA
110 110 Reno, NV
111 111 Tyler - Longview, TX
112 112 Lansing, MI
118 113 +5 Boise, ID
115 114 +1 Sioux Falls, SD
114 115 -1 Augusta, GA
113 116 -3 Traverse City - Cadillac, MI
116 117 -1 Peoria - Bloomington, IL
117 118 -1 Montgomery, AL
119 119 Fargo - Valley City, ND
120 120 Eugene, OR
121 121 Macon, GA
122 122 Santa Barbara - Santa Maria - San Luis Obispo, CA
123 123 Lafayette, LA
124 124 Monterey - Salinas, CA
126 125 +1 Bakersfield, CA
125 126 -1 Yakima - Pasco - Richland - Kennewick, WA
127 127 La Crosse - Eau Claire, WI
128 128 Columbus, GA
129 129 Corpus Christi, TX
130 130 Chico - Redding, CA
131 131 Amarillo, TX
133 132 +1 Rockford, IL
132 133 -1 Columbus - Tupelo - West Point, MS
134 134 Wausau - Rhinelander, WI
136 135 +1 Wilmington, NC
135 136 -1 Monroe, LA / El Dorado, AR
139 137 +2 Columbia - Jefferson City, MO
137 138 -1 Duluth, MN / Superior, WI
138 139 -1 Topeka, KS
141 140 +1 Medford - Klamath Falls, OR
140 141 -1 Beaumont - Port Arthur, TX
142 142 Erie, PA
143 143 Sioux City, IA
149 144 +5 Palm Springs, CA
144 145 -1 Joplin, MO / Pittsburg, KS
145 146 -1 Albany, GA
148 147 +1 Salisbury, MD
147 148 -1 Lubbock, TX
146 149 -3 Wichita Falls, TX / Lawton, OK
154 150 +4 Anchorage, AK
151 151 Terre Haute, IN
152 152 Bangor, ME
153 153 Rochester, MN / Mason City, IA / Austin, MN
156 154 +2 Panama City, FL
150 155 -5 Bluefield - Beckley - Oak Hill, WV
157 156 +1 Binghamton, NY
159 157 +2 Odessa - Midland, TX
158 158 Minot - Bismarck - Dickinson, ND
155 159 -4 Wheeling, WV / Steubenville, OH
160 160 Biloxi - Gulfport, MS
161 161 Sherman, TX / Ada, OK
162 162 Gainesville, FL
163 163 Idaho Falls - Pocatello, ID
164 164 Abilene - Sweetwater, TX
167 165 +2 Yuma, AZ / El Centro, CA
166 166 Clarksburg - Weston, WV
168 167 +1 Missoula, MT
165 168 -3 Hattiesburg - Laurel, MS
169 169 Utica, NY
170 170 Billings, MT
171 171 Quincy, IL / Hannibal, MO / Keokuk, IA
172 172 Dothan, AL
173 173 Elmira, NY
174 174 Jackson, TN
177 175 +2 Rapid City, SD
175 176 -1 Lake Charles, LA
176 177 -1 Watertown, NY
181 178 +3 Harrisonburg, VA
178 179 -1 Marquette, MI
179 180 -1 Alexandria, LA
182 181 +1 Charlottesville, VA
180 182 -2 Jonesboro, AR
183 183 Bowling Green, KY
184 184 Greenwood - Greenville, MS
196 185 +11 Lima, OH
185 186 -1 Meridian, MS
186 187 -1 Grand Junction - Montrose, CO
187 188 -1 Laredo, TX
188 189 -1 Lafayette, IN
189 190 -1 Parkersburg, WV
190 191 -1 Great Falls, MT
194 192 +2 Bend, OR
191 193 -2 Twin Falls, ID
192 194 -2 Butte - Bozeman, MT
193 195 -2 Eureka, CA
195 196 -1 Cheyenne, WY / Scottsbluff, NE / Sterling, CO
197 197 San Angelo, TX
198 198 Casper - Riverton, WY
199 199 Ottumwa, IA / Kirksville, MO
200 199 +1 Mankato, MN
201 201 St. Joseph, MO
203 202 +1 Zanesville, OH
202 203 -1 Fairbanks, AK
205 204 +1 Victoria, TX
204 205 -1 Presque Isle, ME
206 206 Helena, MT
207 207 Juneau, AK
208 208 Alpena, MI
209 209 North Platte, NE
210 210 Glendive, MT
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Jason
August 04, 2008, 10:37:58 AMThe top 18 are all football cities.
New Orleans and Green Bay are the only markets smaller. The good news is that the Jax market did jump up one position in the rankings to 49th
1 1 New York, NY
2 2 Los Angeles, CA
3 3 Chicago, IL
4 4 Philadelphia, PA
6 5 +1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX
5 6 -1 San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose, CA
7 7 Boston, MA
9 8 +1 Atlanta, GA
8 9 -1 Washington, DC
10 10 Houston, TX
11 11 Detroit, MI
13 12 +1 Phoenix, AZ
12 13 -1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Sarasota, FL
14 14 Seattle - Tacoma, WA
15 15 Minneapolis, MN
16 16 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
17 17 Cleveland - Akron, OH
18 18 Denver, CO
19 19 Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne, FL
20 20 Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto, CA
21 21 St. Louis, MO
22 22 Pittsburgh, PA
23 23 Portland, OR
24 24 Baltimore, MD
26 25 +1 Charlotte, NC
25 26 -1 Indianapolis, IN
27 27 San Diego, CA
29 28 +1 Raleigh - Durham, NC
28 29 -1 Hartford - New Haven, CT
30 30 Nashville, TN
31 31 Kansas City, MO
32 32 Columbus, OH
33 33 Cincinnati, OH
34 34 Milwaukee, WI
35 35 Salt Lake City, UT
36 36 Greenville - Spartanburg, SC / Asheville, NC / Anderson, SC
37 37 San Antonio, TX
38 38 West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce, FL
39 39 Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek, MI
40 40 Birmingham, AL
41 41 Harrisburg - Lancaster - Lebanon - York, PA
42 42 Norfolk - Portsmouth - Newport News, VA
43 43 Las Vegas, NV
46 44 +2 Albuquerque - Santa Fe, NM
45 45 Oklahoma City, OK
47 46 +1 Greensboro - High Point - Winston Salem, NC
44 47 -3 Memphis, TN
48 48 Louisville, KY
50 49 +1 Jacksonville, FL / Brunswick, GA
49 50 -1 Buffalo, NY
52 51 +1 Austin, TX
51 52 -1 Providence, RI / New Bedford, MA
54 53 +1 New Orleans, LA
53 54 -1 Wilkes Barre - Scranton, PA
55 55 Fresno - Visalia, CA
56 56 Albany - Schnectady - Troy, NY
57 57 Little Rock - Pine Bluff, AR
60 58 +2 Knoxville, TN
61 59 +2 Richmond - Petersburg, VA
62 60 +2 Tulsa, OK
59 61 -2 Mobile, AL / Pensacola, FL
58 62 -4 Dayton, OH
64 63 +1 Ft. Myers - Naples, FL
63 64 -1 Lexington, KY
65 65 Charleston - Huntington, WV
66 66 Flint - Saginaw - Bay City, MI
68 67 +1 Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA
70 68 +2 Tucson, AZ
67 69 -2 Wichita - Hutchinson, KS
69 70 -1 Green Bay - Appleton, WI
73 71 +2 Des Moines - Ames, IA
71 72 -1 Toledo, OH
72 73 -1 Honolulu, HI
BridgeTroll
August 04, 2008, 10:54:43 AMLooks like you are refering to Football viewers... Be sure to add Milwaukee to the Green bay numbers.
heekgator
August 04, 2008, 11:00:05 AMAnd #2 is NOT a football city. At least not American football.
thebrokenforum
August 04, 2008, 12:52:14 PMYeah!! <angrily shakes fist>
Metro population (2006): 16,976,264
TV market rank: 2nd
Existing big-league teams: MLB Angels and Dodgers, NBA Clippers and Lakers, NHL Ducks and Kings
Bottom line: The Los Angeles market has two teams in every other sport, but lost its NFL teams when the Rams and Raiders skulked away in 1995. L.A. has enough surplus income to support seven NFL teams, according to a 2006 Bizjournals.com study, so one team should have no trouble. The biggest barrier is finding a site for a new stadium -- and someone to foot the bill.
http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/02/18/story9.html
JeffreyS
August 04, 2008, 03:00:24 PMWe also just passed Buffalo as an NFL TV market. I think we will continue a slow move up this list for a while.
Jason
August 04, 2008, 03:41:57 PMYeah!! <angrily shakes fist>
Metro population (2006): 16,976,264
TV market rank: 2nd
Existing big-league teams: MLB Angels and Dodgers, NBA Clippers and Lakers, NHL Ducks and Kings
Bottom line: The Los Angeles market has two teams in every other sport, but lost its NFL teams when the Rams and Raiders skulked away in 1995. L.A. has enough surplus income to support seven NFL teams, according to a 2006 Bizjournals.com study, so one team should have no trouble. The biggest barrier is finding a site for a new stadium -- and someone to foot the bill.
http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/02/18/story9.html
Sorry, sorry, sorry!! Jeeze guys, don't bite my head off!
Are there different criteria for the NFL television markets?
thebrokenforum
August 04, 2008, 03:50:29 PMJason:
I was being sarcastic by agreeing with "heekgator". I guess that didn't come through. (Hence the shaking of the fit in an angry manner
While they currently don't have a team there, LA is a huge football city and pro sports city in general) - if they weren't you wouldn't have a bazillion stories talking about getting an NFL team back into the nations number 2 market. I have no idea why people think soccer is so popular in LA and football isn't. It's a ridiculous assumption which has popped up on this board before. Even without the NFL they still have USC an UCLA.
You have nothing to apologize for. The numbers speak for themselves.
adamh0903
August 04, 2008, 04:02:04 PMYeah, LA is a good Pro football market
Signed,
Al Davis and Georgia Frontiere
Jason
August 04, 2008, 04:08:44 PMI was being sarcastic by agreeing with "heekgator". I guess that didn't come through. (Hence the shaking of the fit in an angry manner
While they currently don't have a team there, LA is a huge football city and pro sports city in general) - if they weren't you wouldn't have a bazillion stories talking about getting an NFL team back into the nations number 2 market. I have no idea why people think soccer is so popular in LA and football isn't. It's a ridiculous assumption which has popped up on this board before. Even without the NFL they still have USC an UCLA.
You have nothing to apologize for. The numbers speak for themselves.
I was responding sarcasticly too...
thebrokenforum
August 04, 2008, 04:10:24 PMLol
RiversideGator
August 04, 2008, 04:19:07 PMAre you from LA, broken? You always seem to be defending their football bona fides on here. I guess maybe the main reason why people think they are not a good NFL market is the fact that they have lost TWO NFL franchises basically for a lack of support. They clearly have the money and the population to support a team but the question is do they care. The answer with the Rams and the Raiders was no.
thebrokenforum
August 04, 2008, 04:27:16 PMRiver, that's incorrect. They lost the Raiders because Al Davis is a kooky guy and simply moved the team to Oakland. The Rams moved because the stadium sucked. The stadium still sucks. Worst in the league. To answer your question I am not from LA but have spent a great deal of time there. I also have friends and family there and I can tell you that the "raider nation" is alive and well there. I've seen it. LA is a huge city. Do they care? I dunno. But I can tell you that there are a ton of rabid nfl fans and ncaa fans there.
RiversideGator
August 04, 2008, 05:18:53 PMI knew there was a California connection here. That explains a lot. In any event, yes Al Davis is a kook and the stadium is the pits but if the NFL were really a priority for the jaded Southern Californians perhaps they would put together a new stadium deal and get it done. They have had since 1995 (when the Raiders and the Rams left) to do something. Looks like this is not exactly a burning issue for the "leadership" out there.
thebrokenforum
August 04, 2008, 06:01:47 PMHa! Ok...
That's the plan.
Well, considering that they have over seven professional caliber teams I don't think the "leadership" is losing much sleep over it. A new stadium would be privately funded.