"A Brown" wrote in message
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If you live near a major city (and 85% of America lives within the top
15
markets) you have plenty of HD choices.

No, 50% of Americans live in a top 50 market.

I have an Arbitron graph chart in my office that says it's 85/15.

The 12+ population of the USA is 240 million, roughly.

The top 15 markets are 93 million, roughly. That's about 38%, not 85%.


1 CM BH S New York, NY 15,345,000
2 CM BH S Los Angeles, CA 10,902,400
3 CM BH S Chicago, IL 7,784,400
4 CM BH S San Francisco, CA 5,969,400
5 CM BH S Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 4,973,000
6 PPM BH S Houston-Galveston, TX 4,639,000
7 PPM BH S Philadelphia, PA 4,350,000
8 CM BH S Atlanta, GA 4,267,500
9 CM BH S Washington, DC 4,210,000
10 CM BH S Boston, MA 3,874,600
11 CM B S Detroit, MI 3,866,500
12 CM BH S Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL 3,538,400
13 CM QD Puerto Rico 3,328,500
14 CM BH S Seattle-Tacoma, WA 3,328,100
15 CM H S Phoenix, AZ 3,173,200
16 CM B S Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 2,683,000
17 CM BH S San Diego, CA 2,515,100
18 CM BH * Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island), NY 2,359,300
19 CM BH S Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,350,000
20 CM B S St. Louis, MO 2,308,400
21 CM B S Baltimore, MD 2,255,100
22 CM BH S Denver-Boulder, CO 2,244,300
23 CM H S Portland, OR 2,049,600
24 CM B S Pittsburgh, PA 1,986,600
25 CM BH S Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 1,886,100
26 CM BH * Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 1,829,200
27 CM BH S Sacramento, CA 1,805,200
28 CM B S Cleveland, OH 1,782,400
29 CM B S Cincinnati, OH 1,751,400
30 CM BH S San Antonio, TX 1,626,500
31 CM H S Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, UT 1,621,900
32 CM BH S Kansas City, MO-KS 1,592,800
33 CM BH S Las Vegas, NV 1,541,900
34 CM BH S Orlando, FL 1,479,900
35 CM H * San Jose, CA 1,465,400
36 CM BH S Milwaukee-Racine, WI 1,431,300
37 CM B S Columbus, OH 1,427,000
38 CM BH NA Middlesex-Somerset-Union, NJ 1,378,800
39 CM H S Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI 1,376,500
40 CM B S Indianapolis, IN 1,350,900
41 CM B S Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 1,327,700
42 CM BH S Austin, TX 1,309,500
43 CM BH S Raleigh-Durham, NC 1,230,300
44 CM B S Nashville, TN 1,182,900
45 CM BH S Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC 1,154,400
46 CM BH S West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL 1,116,400
47 CM B S Jacksonville, FL 1,106,400
48 CM BH S Oklahoma City, OK 1,091,300
49 CM B S Memphis, TN 1,072,800
50 CM BH S Hartford-New Britain-Middletown, CT 1,048,200