The FCC used the Television Market Rankings established by
Nielsen Media Research for the
2011 regulatory fee cycle. The following market rankings were published by
Nielsen in September, 2010 for the 2010 - 2011 television season:
| Rank | Market |
PTC |
VHF | PTC |
UHF |
| 1 | New York |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 2 | Los Angeles |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 3 | Chicago |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 4 | Philadelphia |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 5 |
Dallas-Ft. Worth |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 6 |
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 7 |
Boston (Manchester) |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 8 | Atlanta |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 9 | Washington, DC
(Hagerstown) |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 10 | Houston |
1153 |
$84,625 |
1159 |
$34,650 |
| 11 | Detroit |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 12 | Phoenix (Prescott) |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 13 |
Seattle-Tacoma |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 14 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 15 | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 16 |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 17 | Denver |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 18 |
Cleveland-Akron (Canton) |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 19 |
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 20 |
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 21 | St. Louis |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 22 | Portland, OR |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 23 |
Charlotte |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 25 |
Raleigh-Durham
(Fayetteville) |
1154 |
$68,175 |
1160 |
$32,950 |
| 26 |
Baltimore |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 27 |
Indianapolis |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 28 |
San Diego |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 29 | Nashville |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 30 | Hartford & New
Haven |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 31 |
Kansas City |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 32 |
Salt Lake City
|
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 33 |
Cincinnati |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 34 | Columbus, OH |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 35 |
Milwaukee |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 36 |
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 37 | San Antonio |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 38 | West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 39 | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 40 | Birmingham (Anniston, Tuscaloosa) |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 41 | Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 42 |
Las Vegas |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 43 | Norfolk-Portsmouth-NewportNews |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 44 |
Austin |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 45 | Oklahoma City |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 46 |
Albuquerque-Santa
Fe |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 47 | Greensboro-HighPoint-Winston-Salem |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 48 |
Memphis |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 49 | Jacksonville |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 50 |
Louisville |
1155 |
$40,475 |
1161 |
$20,950 |
| 51 |
Buffalo |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 52 |
New Orleans |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 53 |
Providence-New Bedford |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 54 | Wilkes Barre-Scranton |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 55 |
Fresno-Visalia |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 56 | Little Rock-Pine Bluff |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 57 |
Richmond-Petersburg |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 58 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 59 |
Knoxville
|
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 60 |
Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walton Beach) |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 61 |
Tulsa |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 62 |
Dayton |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 63 |
Lexington |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 64 |
Charleston-Huntington |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 65 | Ft. Myers-Naples |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 66 |
Roanoke-Lynchburg |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 67 | Tucson (Sierra
Vista) |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 68 |
Wichita-Hutchinson
Plus |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 69 |
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 70 |
Toledo |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 71 |
Green Bay-Appleton |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 72 | Honolulu |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 73 |
Des Moines-Ames |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 74 | Springfield, MO |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 75 |
Spokane |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 76 | Omaha |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 77 |
Portland-Auburn |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 78 |
Columbia, SC |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 79 |
Huntsville-Decatur
(Florence) |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 80 |
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 81 |
Rochester, NY |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 82 |
Syracuse |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 83 | Shreveport |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 84 | Champaign &
Springfield-Decatur |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 85 | Madison |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 86 | Chattanooga |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 87 |
Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 88 |
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-IA City & Dubuque |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 89 |
Waco-Temple-Bryan |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 90 | Jackson, MS |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 91 |
Tri-Cities, TN-VA |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 92 |
Colorado Springs-Pueblo |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 93 |
South Bend-Elkhart |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 94 |
Baton Rouge |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 95 |
Burlington-Plattsburgh |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 96 | Savannah |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 97 |
El Paso |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 98 |
Charleston, SC |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 99 |
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325
|
| 100 |
Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers |
1156 |
$22,750 |
1162 |
$12,325 |
| 101 |
Greenville-New Bern-Washington |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 102 | Johnstown-Altoona |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 103 |
Evansville | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 104 |
Myrtle Beach-Florence |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 105 |
Tallahassee-Thomasville |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 106 |
Lincoln & Hastings-Kearny | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 107 |
Ft. Wayne | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 108 |
Reno | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 109 | Tyler-Longview (Lufkin & Nacogdoches) |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 110 |
Springfield-Holyoke |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 111 | Youngstown |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 112 |
Sioux Falls (Mitchell) |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 113 | Boise |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 114 |
Augusta-Aiken | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 115 |
Lansing | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 116 |
Peoria-Bloomington |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 117 |
Montgomery-Selma |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 118 |
Eugene |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 119 |
Traverse City-Cadillac |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 120 |
Fargo-Valley City |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 121 |
Macon |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
|
122 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 123 |
Lafayette, LA | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 124 |
Monterey-Salinas | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 125 |
Bakersfield | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 126 |
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 127 |
Columbus, GA |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 128 |
La Crosse-Eau Claire | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 129 | Corpus Christi |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 130 | Chico-Redding |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 131 | Amarillo |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
|
132 | Wilmington |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 133 | Columbus-Tupelo-West
Point | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 134 | Rockford |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 135 | Wausau-Rhinelander |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
|
136 |
Topeka | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 137 | Columbia-Jefferson
City | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 138 |
Monroe-El Dorado |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 139 |
Duluth-Superior
| 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 140 | Medford-Klamath
Falls | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 141 | Beaumont-Port
Arthur | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 142 |
Lubbock |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 143 |
Salisbury |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 144 |
Erie |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 145 |
Palm Springs | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 146 |
Wichita Falls & Lawton |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
|
147 |
Albany, GA | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 148 |
Joplin-Pittsburg |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 149 | Sioux City |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 150 |
Anchorage | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 151 |
Odessa-Midland |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 152 |
Terre Haute |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 153 |
Rochester-Mason City-Austin |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 154 |
Bangor | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 155 |
Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 156 |
Panama City |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 157 |
Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 158 |
Binghamton |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 159 | Wheeling-Steubenville |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 160 | Gainesville |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 161 | Sherman-Ada |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 162 | Idaho Falls-Pocatello |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 163 |
Biloxi-Gulfport | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 164 |
Yuma-El Centro |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 165 | Abilene-Sweetwater |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 166 |
Missoula | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 167 | Hattiesburg-Laurel |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 168 |
Clarksburg-Weston | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 169 |
Dothan |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 170 |
Billings | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 171 |
Utica | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 172 |
Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 173 | Rapid City |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 174 | Elmira |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 175 |
Lake Charles |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 176 | Watertown |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 177 |
Harrisonburg | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 178 |
Alexandria, LA |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 179 |
Marquette | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 180 |
Jonesboro | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 181 | Bowling Green |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 182 |
Jackson, TN |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 183 | Charlottesville |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 184 |
Grand Junction-Montrose |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 185 |
Meridian | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 186 |
Laredo |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 187 |
Greenwood-Greenville | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 188 |
Lafayette, IN |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
|
189 |
Bend, OR | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 190 |
Great Falls |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 191 |
Butte-Bozeman | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 192 |
Twin Falls | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 193 |
Parkersburg | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 194 | Eureka |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
|
195 | Casper-Riverton |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 196 |
San Angelo |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 197 |
Cheyenne WY-Scottsbluff NE |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 198 | Mankato |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 199 | Ottumwa-Kirksville |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 200 | St. Joseph |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 201 |
Lima |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 202 |
Fairbanks | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 203 |
Zanesville | 1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 204 | Victoria |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 205 | Presque Isle |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 206 | Helena |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 207 | Juneau |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 208 | Alpena |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 209 | North Platte |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
| 210 | Glendive |
1157 |
$6,100 |
1163 |
$3,275 |
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