Here is Aribtron's list of the top 50 radio markets. It's not surprising that New York has the largest radio market.
|
Rank |
Type |
DST |
Qual Type |
Market Name |
Metro 12+ Population |
|
1 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
New York |
15,393,700 |
|
2 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Los Angeles |
10,877,600 |
|
3 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Chicago |
7,813,900 |
|
4 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
San Francisco |
6,013,700 |
|
5 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Dallas-Ft. Worth |
5,120,100 |
|
6 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Houston-Galveston |
4,759,600 |
|
7 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Atlanta |
4,378,000 |
|
8 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Philadelphia |
4,352,800 |
|
9 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Washington, DC |
4,238,100 |
|
10 |
PPM |
BH |
S |
Boston |
3,912,000 |
|
11 |
PPM |
B |
S/PPM |
Detroit |
3,866,900 |
|
12 |
PPM |
BH |
S |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood |
3,559,700 |
|
13 |
PPM |
BH |
S |
Seattle-Tacoma |
3,353,200 |
|
14 |
CM |
|
QD |
Puerto Rico |
3,327,100 |
|
15 |
PPM |
H |
S |
Phoenix |
3,249,200 |
|
16 |
PPM |
B |
S |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
2,697,500 |
|
17 |
PPM |
BH |
S |
San Diego |
2,536,000 |
|
18 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
2,387,300 |
|
19 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island) |
2,325,200 |
|
20 |
CM |
B |
S |
St. Louis |
2,299,000 |
|
21 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Denver-Boulder |
2,298,100 |
|
22 |
CM |
B |
S |
Baltimore |
2,271,500 |
|
23 |
CM |
H |
S |
Portland, OR |
2,078,300 |
|
24 |
CM |
B |
S |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1,975,700 |
|
25 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill |
1,962,300 |
|
26 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Riverside-San Bernardino |
1,854,600 |
|
27 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Sacramento |
1,824,400 |
|
28 |
CM |
B |
S |
Cincinnati |
1,773,000 |
|
29 |
CM |
B |
S |
Cleveland |
1,764,400 |
|
30 |
CM |
H |
S |
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo |
1,676,000 |
|
31 |
CM |
BH |
S |
San Antonio |
1,675,200 |
|
32 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Kansas City |
1,599,600 |
|
33 |
CM |
S |
Las Vegas |
1,586,300 |
|
|
34 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Orlando |
1,519,700 |
|
35 |
PPM |
H |
S/PPM |
San Jose |
1,482,100 |
|
36 |
CM |
B |
S |
Columbus, OH |
1,448,200 |
|
37 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Milwaukee-Racine |
1,447,700 |
|
38 |
PPM |
BH |
S/PPM |
Middlesex-Somerset-Union |
1,381,90 |
|
39 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Austin |
1,381,800 |
|
40 |
CM |
B |
S |
Indianapolis |
1,379,600 |
|
41 |
CM |
H |
S |
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket |
1,368,300 |
|
42 |
CM |
B |
S |
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News |
1,334,800 |
|
43 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Raleigh-Durham |
1,286,600 |
|
44 |
CM |
B |
S |
Nashville |
1,237,500 |
|
45 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point |
1,179,100 |
|
46 |
CM |
B |
S |
Jacksonville |
1,140,100 |
|
47 |
CM |
BH |
S |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton |
1,117,800 |
|
48 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Oklahoma City |
1,099,900 |
|
49 |
CM |
B |
S |
Memphis |
1,069,400 |
|
50 |
CM |
BH |
S |
Hartford-New Britain-Middletown |
1,051,800 |
Market Type
|
S |
- Standard markets |
|
C |
- Condensed markets |
|
PPM |
- PPM surveyed markets |
|
CM |
- Continuous Measurement markets |
Qualitative Type
|
S |
- Scarborough |
|
S/PPM |
- Scarborough/PPM |
|
QD |
- Qualitative Diary |
|
RD |
- RetailDirect |
|
* |
- Extracted from the DMA® geography of a Scarborough report. |
|
NA |
- Currently, there is no qualitative service available specifically for this |
|
SM |
- Mid-Tier Scarborough |
DST
|
B |
- Black markets |
|
H |
- Hispanic markets |
|
BH |
- Black and Hispanic markets |
