i always wondered the largest tv markets in the us...

Ranking Designated Market Area (DMA)
2007 / 2008 / CHANGE + or -1 1 New York, NY2 2 Los Angeles, CA3 3 Chicago, IL4 4 Philadelphia, PA6 5 +1 Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX5 6 -1 San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose, CA7 7 Boston, MA9 8 +1 Atlanta, GA8 9 -1 Washington, DC10 10 Houston, TX11 11 Detroit, MI13 12 +1 Phoenix, AZ12 13 -1 Tampa - St. Petersburg - Sarasota, FL14 14 Seattle - Tacoma, WA15 15 Minneapolis, MN16 16 Miami - Ft. Lauderdale, FL17 17 Cleveland - Akron, OH18 18 Denver, CO19 19 Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne, FL20 20 Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto, CA21 21 St. Louis, MO22 22 Pittsburgh, PA23 23 Portland, OR24 24 Baltimore, MD26 25 +1 Charlotte, NC25 26 -1 Indianapolis, IN27 27 San Diego, CA29 28 +1 Raleigh - Durham, NC28 29 -1 Hartford - New Haven, CT30 30 Nashville, TN31 31 Kansas City, MO32 32 Columbus, OH33 33 Cincinnati, OH34 34 Milwaukee, WI35 35 Salt Lake City, UT36 36 Greenville - Spartanburg, SC / Asheville, NC / Anderson, SC37 37 San Antonio, TX38 38 West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce, FL39 39 Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek, MI40 40 Birmingham, AL41 41 Harrisburg - Lancaster - Lebanon - York, PA42 42 Norfolk - Portsmouth - Newport News, VA43 43 Las Vegas, NV46 44 +2 Albuquerque - Santa Fe, NM45 45 Oklahoma City, OK47 46 +1 Greensboro - High Point - Winston Salem, NC44 47 -3 Memphis, TN48 48 Louisville, KY50 49 +1 Jacksonville, FL / Brunswick, GA