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Depends how far back you go. In 1900, Buffalo was market #3.
And radio was much less fragmented, too. Marconi had an 88-share.
And radio was much less fragmented, too. Marconi had an 88-share.
Depends how far back you go. In 1900, Buffalo was market #3.
This is true? Only New York City and (I'm guessing)Chicago were larger?? McKinley was shot in Buffalo in 1901 and there's the "Curse of McKinley" legend that has it that Buffalo went down hill after that. Population rank-wise, that would be correct.
A check of the 1940 census shows Buffalo as the 10th largest city in the country...I though that was the highest it ever ranked, population wise(this is just the city population and that was before the flight to suburbs..Cheektowaga still being truly "the land of the crab apples" at that time). Back then LA was just a developing city and Phoenix about the size of Angola.
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When I was in grammer school I was taught that Buffalo was the 8th largest city in the U.S.
I suspect that population and market sizes don't necessarily add up exactly the same every time.
How was radio rated and ranked in the 50s?
I suspect that population and market sizes don't necessarily add up exactly the same every time.
How was radio rated and ranked in the 50s?
Aside...
When I was in grammar school, they still taught grammar.
Dirt is starting to call me "Gramps".
But I digress...
When I was in grammar school, they still taught grammar.
Dirt is starting to call me "Gramps".
But I digress...
I recall that Buffalo peaked at near 600,000 residents somewhere in the mid 50's and went steadily downhill from there. I don't know where it ranked in national city size, though.
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grammer=grammar
I stand corrected.
I stand corrected.
In the 1960 census, Buffalo was the 20th most populated city in the United States. I believe the population was around 540,000 then. I believe the 600,000 or so peak was achieved in the 1940 census, when Buffalo was ranked 10th largest city in the country. Back then there wasn't as much suburban population...
City population is deceiving. The main thing is the metro population. I don't have data available, but I believe Buffalo's metro ranking was still way above #20 in 1960 and started declining after that. Buffalo's suburban population started taking off big time after WWII. Buffalo always had a small geographic area for a city it's size. This might explain a lot of the early flight to the burbs. I believe Amherst and Cheektowaga were especially large suburbs(population-wise) back in the 50s & 60s.
Did you know Buffalo once had a major league baseball team? I think they folded before the beginning of the 20th century. Smaller cities like Cincinnati had teams, but we didn't, despite being a very large american city. Maybe there's something to the "Curse of McKinley" theory(remember, the Bills lost 4 straight Super Bowls and the Sabres can't win a Stanley Cup).
City population is deceiving. The main thing is the metro population. I don't have data available, but I believe Buffalo's metro ranking was still way above #20 in 1960 and started declining after that. Buffalo's suburban population started taking off big time after WWII. Buffalo always had a small geographic area for a city it's size. This might explain a lot of the early flight to the burbs. I believe Amherst and Cheektowaga were especially large suburbs(population-wise) back in the 50s & 60s.
Did you know Buffalo once had a major league baseball team? I think they folded before the beginning of the 20th century. Smaller cities like Cincinnati had teams, but we didn't, despite being a very large american city. Maybe there's something to the "Curse of McKinley" theory(remember, the Bills lost 4 straight Super Bowls and the Sabres can't win a Stanley Cup).
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cee said:Depends how far back you go. In 1900, Buffalo was market #3.
This is true? Only New York City and (I'm guessing)Chicago were larger?? McKinley was shot in Buffalo in 1901 and there's the "Curse of McKinley" legend that has it that Buffalo went down hill after that. Population rank-wise, that would be correct.
A check of the 1940 census shows Buffalo as the 10th largest city in the country...I though that was the highest it ever ranked, population wise...
Buffalo's highest ranking was #8 in the 1900 census. http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0027/tab01.txt
It dropped to #20 by 1960... and all downhill from there, though, to be fair, the drop was more due to the meteoric rise of population in other cities and less to do with population loss. Most sources today would cite the Buffalo metro population, not just that of the city itself.
Fun radio talk AND educational, too. It doesn't get any better than this, folks.
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