Market definitions for March 2012 FM Translator/LPFM Report and Order

SPECTRUM LIMITED

These are markets where translators proposed inside the grid are assumed dismissed unless a finding can be made that LPFM opportunities are not available within the grid. In the case of the Top-50 markets, a translator applicant located outside the 31x31 grid must make a showing that LPFM station is not possible at the translator transmitter site or that an LPFM station can co-exist with the translator at the same site.

The following markets are considered "Spectrum Limited" at the 31x31 grid:

1 New York
2 Los Angeles
3 Chicago
4 San Francisco
5 Dallas-Ft. Worth
6 Houston-Galveston
7 Philadelphia
8 Washington, DC
9 Atlanta
10 Boston
11 Detroit
12 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood
13 Seattle-Tacoma
14 Puerto Rico
15 Phoenix
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul
17 San Diego
19 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
20 Denver-Boulder
21 Baltimore
22 St. Louis
23 Portland, OR
25 Pittsburgh, PA
30 Cleveland
31 Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo
32 Las Vegas
33 Kansas City
35 Columbus, OH
36 Austin
38 Milwaukee-Racine
39 Newburgh-Middletown, NY (Mid Hudson Valley)
40 Indianapolis
44 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
47 New Orleans
49 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton
50 Jacksonville
55 Buffalo-Niagara Falls
63 Dayton
64 Honolulu
68 Albuquerque
70 Allentown-Bethlehem
78 Akron
79 Wilmington, DE
83 Charleston, SC
84 Little Rock
92 Colorado Springs
93 Spokane
99 Wichita
101 Boise
107 York
116 New Haven
124 Reno
125 Bridgeport
129 Youngstown-Warren
134 Reading, PA
146 Trenton
203 Danbury, CT

The following markets are considered "spectrum limited" at a 21x21 grid:

27 Sacramento
28 San Antonio
54 Louisville
57 Rochester, NY
62 Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island
67 Fresno
69 Grand Rapids
80 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
85 Syracuse
95 Toledo
111 Corpus Christi
119 Oxnard-Ventura
149 Eugene-Springfield
218 Santa Barbara, CA

SPECTRUM AVAILABLE

These are markets where it has been determined that there are enough LPFM opportunities that exceed the channel floor within the grid shown. Translator applications will be processed.

The following markets are considered "spectrum available" at a 31x31 grid:

24 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
26 Riverside-San Bernardino
29 Cincinnati
34 Orlando
43 Raleigh-Durham
45 Nashville
46 Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
48 Oklahoma City
51 Memphis
52 Hartford-New Britain-Middletown
59 Birmingham
60 Greenville-Spartanburg
65 Albany-Schenectady-Troy
66 Tulsa
71 Wilkes Barre-Scranton
72 Knoxville
74 Omaha-Council Bluffs
75 El Paso
81 Baton Rouge
87 Stockton
88 Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz
89 Columbia, SC
90 Portland, ME
91 Springfield, MA
96 Lakeland-Winter Haven
97 Mobile
98 Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach
104 Visalia-Tulare-Hanford
105 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
108 Chattanooga
109 Lafayette, LA
115 Worcester, MA
120 Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO
130 Fayetteville (North West AR)
132 Palm Springs
135 Canton
137 Appleton-Oshkosh
139 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland
140 Salisbury-Ocean City
141 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
142 Burlington-Plattsburgh
145 Atlantic City-Cape May
150 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS
161 Asheville, NC
175 San Luis Obispo, CA

The following markets are considered "spectrum available" at a 21x21 grid:

56 Richmond
58 McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen
61 Tucson
73 Des Moines
76 Sarasota-Bradenton
77 Bakersfield
82 Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville
86 Gainesville-Ocala
94 Daytona Beach
100 Madison
102 Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa
103 Lexington, KY-Fayette
110 Augusta, GA
113 Ft. Wayne
114 Roanoke-Lynchburg
123 Victor Valley
127 Lansing-East Lansing
131 Fayetteville, NC
136 Shreveport
138 Springfield, MO
143 Killeen-Temple, TX
144 Tyler-Longview
147 Fredericksburg
151 Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline)
154 Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ