2008-09 DMA Rankings

[bostonmediaguy 125]

Nielsen Media has released the market rankings for the upcoming season.

 

Austin enters top 50, going from 51 to 49

Indianapolis enters top 25, moving from 26 to 25

Las Vegas moves from 43 to 42

Palm Springs moves up 2 from 144 to 142.

 

Full listing available online: (Warning: PDF) http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/2008_09_DMA_Ranks.pdf

[Weeters 1981]

Milwaukee moved to 35, and SLC moved to 34.

 

[first on fox 18]

'07-'08 rankings to compare: http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.3437240b94cacebc3a81e810d8a062a0/?vgnextoid=130547f8b5264010VgnVCM100000880a260aRCRD# (link on the side)

 

Pittsburgh dropped one. w00t! go team!

[NewsJunkie247 1]

The Johnstown/Altoona/State College market moved down from DMA 99 to 101.

[News24/7 3]

San Jose moved to 6th!!!?? OUCH!!

[fl19ga114sc105 3]

Other market moves

 

Charlotte moves into the top 25 at 24

Jacksonville moves up to 47

Charleston moves into the top 100 at 99

Myrtle Beach growth is exploding still and it lands at 104

and Making News...Savannah Style... it moves up to 96.

[A3N 1002]

San Jose moved to 6th!!!?? OUCH!!

 

The San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland DMA did not change for the 2008-2009 year. They dropped from 5th to 6th last year (07-08). I believe that in one of the articles (Broadcasting and Cable or TvNewsday) they mentioned that the top 20 markets did not see any changes.

[TennTV1983 811]

Let's see:

 

Nashville moved up 1 spot from 30 to 29

Memphis moved down 1 spot from 47 to 48 (I'm betting they'll be out of the top 50 next year)

Mobile/Pensacola moved up 1 spot from 61 to 60 (Why do I care? I have family down there)

[CircleSeven 1963]

Remember last year, Lima made that big jump from 196 to 185? They drop one spot to 186.

 

The biggest jump is Lubbock. They move from 148 to 143.

The biggest drop is Sioux City. They drop from 143 to 149.

 

Also FOX doesn't have to worry about their top 50 affiliates not having a newscast since Buffalo moves down to 51.

[alaskanews 123]

Des Moines jumped from 73 to 71

[CircleSeven 1963]

Des Moines jumped from 73 to 71

 

Yes they moved from 73 to 71, during last seasons' ranks. This upcoming season, they're staying at 71.

[alaskanews 123]

Yes they moved from 73 to 71, during last seasons' ranks. This season, they're staying at 71.

 

Oh, my bad

[CircleSeven 1963]

Oh, my bad

 

That's alright. Let's not forget Wilmington (which they'll shut off their analogs one week from Monday) went up one to 134.

[WickedYoungMan 0]

Indianapolis enters top 25, moving from 26 to 25

 

It was top 25 til last year, but good to see it back up there! It's teetering at a fence position here.

[tw-804 194]

Richmond moved from #59 to #58, while Hampton Roads moved from #42 to #43.

[kjohnson 17]

And in Missouri, St. Louis stays at 21, and KC remains at 31. Not likely to see much change in the near future. St. Louis might move to 21 if regional growth continues. KC (except for city population) has remained relatively static.

[tyrannical bastard 4084]

Cleveland was the largest DMA to LOSE households from last year...yet it's still at #17, while Pittsburgh was the largest DMA to drop in market size (it also lost households as well.)

 

Are there are any major re-alignments of DMA counties? The Mobile Pensacola market gained George County, MS from Biloxi-Gulfport...bringing Mobile-Pensacola up a notch to 60 from 61 and dropping Biloxi-Gulfport to 163 from 160.

[90stvland 1]

Hartford/New Haven also dropped from #29 to #30