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What top 200 market in USA has the highest number per capita of radio stations?

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AZJoe

Just curious, as some cities that are huge don't have as many as some markets that are smaller...... Im sure someone has the answer. Thx
 
AZJoe said:
Just curious, as some cities that are huge don't have as many as some markets that are smaller...... Im sure someone has the answer. Thx
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I will look some more, but ABQ has 66, between AM, FM, LPFM and FM translators.

Grand Junction has 52, not bad for market 245.
 
It used to be Albuquerque, though Salt Lake City was close and has since seen a few move-ins.

I wasn't aware of Grand Junction having so many. I have to imagine the market definition has changed substantially over the years or a ton of LPFM's and translators have been dropped in.
 
I just found out that here in Anchorage, Alaska we have 56 stations in the area, not sure what the market rank is , I know the metro population is about 400K. And that is a lot less than Albuquerque or SLC. but more than Grand Junction.
 
AZJoe said:
I just found out that here in Anchorage, Alaska we have 56 stations in the area, not sure what the market rank is , I know the metro population is about 400K. And that is a lot less than Albuquerque or SLC. but more than Grand Junction.
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Anchorage is market 174, and there are 49 stations home to the metro.
 
Kent said:
It used to be Albuquerque, though Salt Lake City was close and has since seen a few move-ins.

I wasn't aware of Grand Junction having so many. I have to imagine the market definition has changed substantially over the years or a ton of LPFM's and translators have been dropped in.
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I forgot SLC. 104 stations home to the Nielsen metro, including 39 translators.

27 commercial FM, 22 commercial AM, 5 not-on CPs, Non-coms 16, translators 39


Boise has 55, Phoenix has 92.
 
joebtsflk1 said:
Just a guess, but it won't be anywhere in "W"-land...I'll put my bets it'll be here in the Mountain time zone.
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I would have guessed that somewhere near Lake Michigan (Grand Rapids, Green Bay?) would be a possibility. Since it's all class-B land, fairly rural, and the Lake provides a big enough gap that it should be possible for a class A or translator to be co-channel on both sides of the lake. It's ~115 miles from downtown Milwaukee to downtown Grand Rapids, for example, much more than the 71 mi required for class A co-channel spacing.
 
I thought Terre Haute at #215 was doing well with 28 stations. I had no idea there were so many in some of these other small markets.

Toledo, much larger at #101 only has 38.
 
umfan said:
I thought Terre Haute at #215 was doing well with 28 stations. I had no idea there were so many in some of these other small markets.

Toledo, much larger at #101 only has 38.
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Actually, including translators and a single LP, there are 34 in Terre Haute. Toledo has 44 stations home to the market.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
I would have guessed that somewhere near Lake Michigan (Grand Rapids, Green Bay?) would be a possibility. Since it's all class-B land, fairly rural, and the Lake provides a big enough gap that it should be possible for a class A or translator to be co-channel on both sides of the lake. It's ~115 miles from downtown Milwaukee to downtown Grand Rapids, for example, much more than the 71 mi required for class A co-channel spacing.
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There are several shared channels between Milwaukee and Grand Rapids (94.5, 95.7, 102.9, 105.3, 106.9). Green Bay is actually Class C land, and has a few 100kW signals (89.3, 98.5, 101.1, 105.7 plus rimshots 90.5, 93.9, 95.1, and 102.7).

The Traverse City-Petoskey-Cadillac market could also be in the running, however, that market is a special case as it's so big (area-wise) that very few signals can cover the entire market (92.9, 96.3, 105.9, and 106.7 come closest).
 
New York City's market probably has the most, if you include the embedded markets. Providence/Warwick/Pawtucket also comes to mind. WWRX, WSUB-LP, WSKP, etc. might not be listed as in the market, but they're licensed to South County, so they are in the market.
 
Tomgsinger said:
New York City's market probably has the most, if you include the embedded markets. Providence/Warwick/Pawtucket also comes to mind. WWRX, WSUB-LP, WSKP, etc. might not be listed as in the market, but they're licensed to South County, so they are in the market.
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NY without embedded: 67
Nassau/Suffolk 72
Monmouth County 13
Morris County
Morris County 9

Los Angeles (Two Counties) 132
Chicago: (11 Counties) 186
 
Tomgsinger said:
New York City's market probably has the most, if you include the embedded markets. Providence/Warwick/Pawtucket also comes to mind. WWRX, WSUB-LP, WSKP, etc. might not be listed as in the market, but they're licensed to South County, so they are in the market.
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Providence MSA 52 stations.
 
DavidEduardo said:


NY without embedded: 67
Nassau/Suffolk 72
Monmouth County 13
Morris County
Morris County 9

Los Angeles (Two Counties) 132
Chicago: (11 Counties) 186
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Aren't Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland Counties and the Connecticut panhandle also in the Metro?
And the fact that the Chicago market is as large as it is... wow. I do think that market is a bit too big, the suburban stations cannot reach Chi-town at all, and there are a TON of suburban stations that are pretty much the only reason the market is as large as it is.I definitely think Waukegan/Racine should get a market of its own. The only reason I think this market and NYC's market are as large as it is is because the signals transmitting from downtown can reach much of the market. Even then, much of Suffolk County and Putnam County can't get a local-quality signal out of their stations.
 
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DavidEduardo said:


Actually, including translators and a single LP, there are 34 in Terre Haute. Toledo has 44 stations home to the market.
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David, I don't question your stats at all, I'm just curious where your getting them from? I used Radio Locator and checked local stations only.
 
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