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§ 76.53 - Reference points.

The following list of reference points shall be used to identify the boundaries of the major and smaller television markets (defined in § 76.5). Where a community's reference point is not given, the geographic coordinates of the main post office in the community shall be used.

State and community Latitude Longitude Alabama: Anniston33°39′49″85°49′47″ Birmingham33°31′01″86°48′36″ Decatur34°36′35″86°58′45″ Demopolis32°30′56″87°50′07″ Dothan31°13′27″85°23′35″ Dozier31°29′30″86°21′59″ Florence34°48′05″87°40′31″ Huntsville34°44′18″86°35′19″ Louisville31°47′00″85°33′09″ Mobile30°41′36″88°02′33″ Montgomery32°22′33″86°18′31″ Mount Cheaha State Park33°29′26″85°48′30″ Selma24°24′26″87°01′15″ Tuscaloosa33°12′05″87°33′44″ Alaska: Anchorage61°13′09″149°53′29″ College64°51′22″147°48′38″ Fairbanks64°50′35″147°41′51″ Juneau58°18′06″134°25′09″ Sitka57°02′58″135°20′12″ Arizona: Flagstaff35°11′54″111°39′02″ Mesa33°24′54″111°49′41″ Nogales31°20′14″110°56′12″ Phoenix33°27′12″112°04′28″ Tucson32°13′15″110°58′08″ Yuma32°43′16″114°37′01″ Arkansas: El Dorado33°12′39″92°39′40″ Fayetteville36°03′41″94°09′38″ Fort Smith35°23′10″94°25′36″ Jonesboro35°50′14″90°42′11″ Little Rock34°44′42″92°16′37″ California: Bakersfield35°22′31″119°01′16″ Chico39°44′07″121°49′57″ Concord37°58′46″122°01′51″ Corona33°52′35″117°33′56″ El Centro32°47′25″115°32′45″ Eureka40°48′08″124°09′46″ Fontana34°05′45″117°26′29″ Fresno36°44′12″119°47′11″ Guasti34°03′48″117°35′10″ Hanford36°19′51″119°38′48″ Los Angeles34°03′15″118°14′28″ Modesto37°38′26″120°59′44″ Monterey36°35′44″121°53′39″ Oakland37°48′03″122°15′54″ Palm Springs33°49′22″116°32′46″ Redding40°34′57″122°23′34″ Sacramento38°34′57″121°29′41″ Salinas36°40′24″121°39′25″ San Bernardino34°06′30″117°17′28″ San Diego32°42′53″117°09′21″ San Francisco37°46′39″122°24′40″ San Jose37°20′16″121°53′24″ San Luis Obispo35°16′49″120°39′34″ San Mateo37°34′08″122°19′16″ Santa Barbara34°25′18″119°41′55″ Santa Maria34°57′02″120°26′10″ Stockton37°57′30″121°17′16″ Tulare36°12′31″119°20′35″ Ventura34°16′47″119°17′22″ Visalia36°19′46″119°17′30″ Colorado: Colorado Springs38°50′07″104°49′16″ Denver39°44′58″104°59′22″ Durango37°16′29″107°52′25″ Grand Junction39°04′06″108°33′54″ Montrose38°28′44″107°52′31″ Pueblo38°16′17″104°36′33″ Sterling40°37′29″103°12′25″ Connecticut: Bridgeport41°10′49″73°11′22″ Hartford41°46′12″72°40′49″ New Britain41°40′02″72°47′08″ New Haven41°18′25″72°55′30″ Norwich41°31′36″72°04′31″ Waterbury41°33′13″73°02′31″ Delaware: Wilmington39°44′46″75°32′51″ District of Columbia: Washington38°53′51″77°00′33″ Florida: Clearwater27°57′56″82°47′51″ Daytona Beach29°12′44″81°01′10″ Fort Lauderdale26°07′11″80°08′34″ Fort Myers26°38′42″81°52′06″ Fort Pierce27°26′48″80°19′38″ Gainesville29°38′56″82°19′19″ Jacksonville30°19′44″81°39′42″ Largo27°54′54″82°47′32″ Leesburg28°48′43″81°52′30″ Melbourne28°04′41″80°36′29″ Miami25°46′37″80°11′32″ Ocala29°11′34″82°08′14″ Orlando28°32′42″81°22′38″ Panama City30°09′24″85°39′47″ Pensacola30°24′51″87°12′56″ St. Petersburg27°46′18″82°38′16″ Sarasota27°20′05″82°32′29″ Tallahassee30°26′30″84°16′50″ Tampa27°56′58″82°27′26″ West Palm Beach26°42′36″80°03′05″ Georgia: Albany31°34′36″84°09′22″ Athens33°57′34″83°22′39″ Atlanta33°45′10″84°23′37″ Augusta33°28′20″81°58′00″ Chatsworth34°46′08″84°46′10″ Cochran32°23′18″83°21′18″ Columbus32°28′07″84°59′24″ Dawson31°46′33″84°26′20″ Macon32°50′12″83°37′36″ Pelham31°07′42″84°09′02″ Savannah32°04′42″81°05′37″ Thomasville30°50′25″83°58′59″ Waycross31°12′19″82°21′47″ Wrens33°12′21″82°23′23″ Guam: Agana13°28′23″144°45′00″ Hawaii: Hilo19°43′42″155°05′30″ Honolulu21°18′36″157°51′48″ Wailuku20°53′21″156°30′27″ Idaho: Boise43°37′07″116°11′58″ Idaho Falls43°29′39″112°02′28″ Lewiston46°25′05″117°01′10″ Moscow46°43′58″116°59′54″ Pocatello42°51′38″112°27′01″ Twin Falls42°33′25″114°28′21″ Illinois: Aurora41°45′22″88°18′56″ Bloomington40°28′58″88°59′32″ Carbondale37°43′38″89°13′00″ Champaign40°07′05″88°14′48″ Chicago41°52′28″87°38′22″ Decatur39°50′37″88°57′11″ Elgin42°02′14″88°16′53″ Freeport42°17′57″89°37′07″ Harrisburg37°44′20″88°32′25″ Jacksonville39°44′03″90°13′44″ Joliet41°31′37″88°04′52″ La Salle41°19′49″89°05′44″ Moline41°30′31″90°30′49″ Mount Vernon38°18′29″88°54′26″ Olney38°43′47″88°05′00″ Peoria40°41′42″89°35′33″ Quincy39°55′59″91°24′12″ Rockford42°16′07″89°05′48″ Rock Island41°30′40″90°34′24″ Springfield39°47′58″89°38′51″ Urbana40°06′41″88°13′13″ Indiana: Bloomington39°09′56″86°31′52″ Elkhart41°40′56″85°58′15″ Evansville37°58′20″87°34′21″ Fort Wayne41°04′21″85°08′26″ Gary41°35′59″87°20′07″ Hammond41°35′13″87°27′43″ Indianapolis39°46′07″86°09′46″ Lafayette40°25′11″86°53′39″ Marion40°33′17″85°39′49″ Muncie40°11′28″85°23′16″ Richmond39°49′49″84°53′26″ Roanoke40°57′50″85°22′30″ St. John41°27′00″87°28′13″ South Bend41°40′33″86°15′01″ Terre Haute39°28′03″87°24′26″ Vincennes38°40′52″87°31′12″ Iowa: Ames42°01′36″93°36′44″ Cedar Rapids41°58′48″91°39′48″ Davenport41°31′24″90°34′21″ Des Moines41°35′14″93°37′00″ Dubuque42°29′55″90°40′08″ Fort Dodge42°30′12″94°11′05″ Iowa City41°39′37″91°31′52″ Mason City43°09′15″93°12′00″ Sioux City42°29′46″96°24′30″ Waterloo42°29′40″92°20′20″ Kansas: Ensign37°38′48″100°14′00″ Garden City37°57′54″100°52′20″ Goodland39°20′53″101°42′35″ Great Bend38°22′04″98°45′58″ Hays38°52′16″99°19′57″ Hutchinson38°03′11″97°55′20″ Pittsburg37°24′50″94°42′11″ Salina38°50′36″97°36′46″ Topeka39°03′16″95°40′23″ Wichita37°41′30″97°20′16″ Kentucky: Ashland38°28′36″82°38′23″ Bowling Green36°59′41″86°26′33″ Covington39°05′00″84°30′29″ Elizabethtown37°41′38″85°51′35″ Hazard37°14′54″83°11′31″ Lexington38°02′50″84°29′46″ Louisville38°14′47″85°45′49″ Madisonville37°19′45″87°29′54″ Morehead38°10′53″83°26′08″ Murray36°36′35″88°18′39″ Newport39°05′28″84°29′20″ Owensboro37°46′27″87°06′46″ Owenton38°32′11″84°50′16″ Paducah37°05′13″88°35′56″ Pikesville37°28′49″82°31′09″ Somerset37°05′35″84°36′17″ Louisiana: Alexandria31°18′33″92°26′47″ Baton Rouge30°26′58″91°11′00″ Houma29°35′34″90°43′09″ Lafayette30°13′24″92°01′06″ Lake Charles30°13′45″93°12′52″ Monroe32°30′02″92°06′55″ New Orleans29°56′53″90°04′10″ Shreveport32°30′46″93°44′58″ West Monroe32°30′51″92°08′13″ Maine: Augusta44°18′53″69°46′29″ Bangor44°48′13″68°46′18″ Calais45°11′04″67°16′43″ Orono44°53′15″68°40′12″ Poland Spring44°01′42″70°21′40″ Portland43°39′33″70°15′19″ Presque Isle46°40′57″68°00′52″ Maryland: Baltimore39°17′26″76°36′45″ Cumberland39°39′01″78°45′45″ Hagerstown39°38′39″77°43′15″ Salisbury38°21′56″75°35′56″ Massachusetts: Adams42°37′30″73°07′05″ Boston42°21′24″71°03′25″ Cambridge42°21′58″71°06′24″ Greenfield42°35′15″72°35′54″ New Bedford41°38′13″70°55′41″ Springfield42°06′21″72°35′32″ Worcester42°15′37″71°48′17″ Michigan: Allen Park42°15′12″83°12′57″ Battle Creek42°18′58″85°10′48″ Bay City43°36′04″83°53′15″ Cadillac44°15′10″85°23′52″ Cheboygan45°38′38″84°28′38″ Detroit42°19′48″83°02′57″ Escanaba45°44′45″87°03′18″ Flint43°00′50″83°41′33″ Grand Rapids42°58′03″85°40′13″ Jackson42°14′43″84°24′22″ Kalamazoo42°17′29″85°35′14″ Lansing42°44′01″84°33′15″ Marquette46°32′37″87°23′43″ Mount Pleasant43°16′12″84°46′31″ Muskegon43°14′17″86°15′02″ Onondaga42°26′41″84°33′43″ Saginaw43°25′52″83°56′05″ Sault Ste. Marie46°29′58″84°20′37″ Traverse City44°45′47″85°37′25″ University Center43°33′31″83°59′09″ Minnesota: Alexandria45°53′06″95°22′39″ Appleton45°12′00″96°01′02″ Austin43°39′57″92°58′20″ Duluth46°46′56″92°06′24″ Hibbing47°25′43″92°56′21″ Mankato44°09′49″94°00′09″ Minneapolis44°58′57″93°15′43″ Rochester44°01′21″92°28′03″ St. Cloud45°33′35″94°09′38″ St. Paul44°56′50″93°05′11″ Walker47°05′57″94°35′12″ Mississippi: Biloxi30°23′43″88°53′08″ Bude31°27′46″90°50′34″ Columbus33°29′40″88°25′33″ Greenwood33°31′05″90°10′55″ Gulfport30°22′04″89°05′36″ Jackson32°17′56″90°11′06″ Laurel31°41′40″89°07′48″ Meridian32°21′57″88°42′02″ Oxford34°22′00″89°31′07″ State College33°27′18″88°47′13″ Tupelo34°15′26″88°42′30″ Missouri: Cape Girardeau37°18′29″89°31′29″ Columbia38°57′03″92°19′46″ Hannibal39°42′24″91°22′45″ Jefferson City38°34′40″92°10′24″ Joplin37°05′26″94°30′50″ Kansas City39°04′56″94°35′20″ Kirksville40°11′37″92°34′58″ Poplar Bluff36°45′20″90°23′38″ St. Joseph39°45′57″94°51′02″ St. Louis38°37′45″90°12′22″ Sedalia38°42′08″93°13′26″ Springfield37°13′03″93°17′32″ Montana: Anaconda46°07′40″112°57′12″ Billings45°47′00″108°30′04″ Butte46°01′06″112°32′11″ Glendive47°06′42″104°43′02″ Great Falls47°29′33″111°18′23″ Helena46°35′33″112°02′24″ Kalispell48°11′45″114°18′44″ Miles City46°24′34″105°50′30″ Missoula46°52′23″113°59′29″ Nebraska: Albion41°41′23″97°59′53″ Alliance42°06′04″102°52′08″ Bassett42°35′00″99°32′10″ Grand Island40°55′33″98°20′23″ Hastings40°35′21″98°23′20″ Hayes Center40°30′36″101°01′18″ Hay Springs42°41′03″102°41′22″ Kearney40°41′58″99°04′53″ Lexington40°46′30″99°44′41″ Lincoln40°48′59″96°42′15″ McCook40°12′02″100°37′32″ Merriman42°55′07″101°42′02″ Norfolk42°01′56″97°24′42″ North Platte41°08′14″100°45′43″ Omaha41°15′42″95°56′14″ Scottsbluff41°51′40″103°39′00″ Superior40°01′12″98°04′00″ Nevada: Elko40°50′00″115°45′41″ Henderson36°02′00″114°58′57″ Las Vegas36°10′20″115°08′37″ Reno39°31′27″119°48′40″ New Hampshire: Berlin44°28′20″71°10′43″ Durham43°08′02″70°55′35″ Hanover43°42′03″72°17′24″ Keene42°56′02″72°16′44″ Lebanon43°38′34″72°15′12″ Littleton44°18′22″71°46′13″ Manchester42°59′28″71°27′41″ New Jersey: Atlantic City39°21′32″74°25′53″ Burlington40°04′21″74°51′47″ Camden39°56′45″75°07′20″ Glen Ridge40°48′16″74°12′14″ Linden40°37′57″74°15′22″ Newark40°44′14″74°10′19″ New Brunswick40°29′38″74°26′49″ Paterson40°54′51″74°09′51″ Trenton40°13′16″74°45′28″ Vineland39°29′13″75°01′17″ Wildwood38°59′18″74°48′43″ New Mexico: Albuquerque35°05′01″106°39′05″ Carlsbad32°25′09″104°13′47″ Clovis34°24′11″103°12′08″ Portales34°10′58″103°20′10″ Roswell33°23′47″104°31′26″ New York: Albany42°39′01″73°45′01″ Binghamton42°06′03″75°54′47″ Buffalo42°52′52″78°52′21″ Carthage43°58′50″75°36′26″ Elmira42°05′26″76°48′22″ Garden City40°43′26″73°38′03″ Ithaca42°26′33″76°29′42″ Jamestown42°05′45″79°14′40″ New York40°45′06″73°59′39″ North Pole44°23′59″73°51′00″ Norwood44°45′00″75°59′39″ Oneonta42°27′21″75°03′42″ Patchogue40°45′56″73°00′42″ Plattsburgh44°42′03″73°27′07″ Riverhead40°55′06″72°39′51″ Rochester43°09′41″77°36′21″ Schenectady42°48′52″73°56′24″ Syracuse43°03′04″76°09′14″ Utica43°06′12″75°13′33″ Watertown43°58′30″75°54′48″ North Carolina: Asheville35°35′42″82°33′26″ Chapel Hill35°54′51″79°03′11″ Charlotte35°13′44″80°50′45″ Columbia35°55′06″76°15′04″ Concord35°24′29″80°34′45″ Durham35°59′48″78°54′00″ Fayetteville35°03′12″78°52′54″ Greensboro36°04′17″79°47′25″ Greenville35°36′49″77°22′22″ Hickory35°43′54″81°20′20″ High Point35°57′14″80°00′15″ Jacksonville34°45′00″77°25′54″ Linville36°04′06″81°52′16″ New Bern35°06′33″77°02′23″ Raleigh35°46′38″78°38′21″ Washington35°32′35″77°03′16″ Wilmington34°14′14″77°56′58″ Winston-Salem36°05′52″80°14′42″ North Dakota: Bismark46°48′23″100°47′17″ Devils Lake48°06′42″98°51′29″ Dickinson46°52′55″102°47′06″ Fargo46°52′30″96°47′18″ Minot48°14′09″101°17′38″ Pembina48°58′00″97°14′37″ Valley City46°55′31″98°00′04″ Williston48°08′47″103°36′59″ Ohio: Akron41°05′00″81°30′44″ Athens39°19′38″82°06′09″ Bowling Green41°22′37″83°39′03″ Canton40°47′50″81°22′37″ Cincinnati39°06′07″84°30′35″ Cleveland41°29′51″81°41′50″ Columbus39°57′47″83°00′17″ Dayton39°45′32″84°11′43″ Kettering39°41′22″84°10′07″ Lima40°44′29″84°06′34″ Lorain41°27′48″82°10′23″ Marion40°35′14″83°07′36″ Newark40°03′35″82°24′15″ Oxford39°30′28″84°44′26″ Portsmouth38°44′06″82°59′39″ Springfield39°55′38″83°48′29″ Steubenville40°21′42″80°36′53″ Toledo41°39′14″83°32′39″ Youngstown41°05′57″80°39′02″ Zanesville39°56′59″82°00′56″ Oklahoma: Ada34°46′24″96°40′36″ Ardmore34°10′18″97°07′50″ Lawton34°36′27″98°23′41″ Oklahoma City35°28′26″97°31′04″ Sayre35°17′34″99°38′23″ Tulsa36°09′12″95°59′34″ Oregon: Coos Bay43°22′02″124°13′09″ Corvallis44°34′10″123°16′12″ Eugene44°03′16″123°05′30″ Klamath Falls42°13′32″121°46′32″ La Grande45°19′47″118°05′45″ Medford42°19′33″122°52′31″ Portland45°31′06″122°40′35″ Roseburg43°12′34″123°20′26″ Salem44°56′21″123°01′59″ Pennsylvania: Allentown40°36′11″75°28′06″ Altoona40°30′55″78°24′03″ Bethlehem40°37′57″75°21′36″ Clearfield41°01′20″78°26′10″ Erie42°07′15″80°04′57″ Harrisburg40°15′43″76°52′59″ Hershey40°17′04″76°39′01″ Johnstown40°19′35″78°55′03″ Lancaster40°02′25″76°18′29″ Philadelphia39°56′58″75°09′21″ Pittsburgh40°26′19″80°00′00″ Reading40°20′09″75°55′40″ Scranton41°24′32″75°39′46″ Wilkes-Barre41°14′32″75°53′17″ York39°57′35″76°43′36″ Puerto Rico: Aguadilla18°25′53″67°09′18″ Arecibo18°28′26″66°43′39″ Caguas18°13′59″66°02′06″ Fajardo18°19′35″65°39′21″ Mayaguez18°12′16″67°08′36″ Ponce18°00′51″66°36′58″ San Juan18°26′55″66°03′55″ Rhode Island: Providence41°49′32″71°24′41″ South Carolina: Allendale33°00′30″81°18′26″ Anderson34°30′06″82°38′54″ Charleston32°46′35″79°55′53″ Columbia34°00′02″81°02′00″ Florence34°11′49″79°46′06″ Greenville34°50′50″82°24′01″ Spartanburg34°57′03″81°56′06″ South Dakota: Aberdeen45°27′31″98°29′03″ Brookings44°18′38″96°47′53″ Florence45°03′14″97°19′35″ Lead44°21′07″103°46′03″ Mitchell43°42′48″98°01′36″ Pierre44°22′06″100°20′57″ Rapid City44°04′52″103°13′11″ Reliance43°52′45″99°36′18″ Sioux Falls43°32′35″96°43′35″ Vermillion42°46′52″96°55′35″ Tennessee: Chattanooga35°02′41″85°18′32″ Jackson35°36′48″88°49′15″ Johnson City36°19′04″82°20′56″ Kingsport36°32′57″82°33′44″ Knoxville35°57′39″83°55′07″ Lexington35°38′58″88°23′31″ Memphis35°08′46″90°03′13″ Nashville36°09′33″86°46′55″ Sneedville36°31′46″83°13′04″ Texas: Abilene32°27′05″99°43′51″ Amarillo35°12′27″101°50′04″ Austin30°16′09″97°44′37″ Beaumont30°05′20″94°06′09″ Belton31°03′31″97°27′39″ Big Spring32°15′03″101°28′38″ Bryan30°38′48″96°21′31″ College Station30°37′05″96°20′41″ Corpus Christi27°47′51″97°23′45″ Dallas32°47′09″96°47′37″ El Paso31°45′36″106°29′11″ Fort Worth32°44′55″97°19′44″ Galveston29°18′10″94°47′43″ Harlingen26°11′29″97°41′35″ Houston29°45′26″95°21′37″ Laredo27°30′22″99°30′30″ Longview32°28′24″94°43′45″ Lubbock33°35′05″101°50′33″ Lufkin31°20′14″94°43′21″ Midland31°59′54″102°04′31″ Monahans31°35′16″102°53′26″ Nacogdoches31°36′13″94°39′20″ Odessa31°50′49″102°22′01″ Port Arthur29°52′09″93°56′01″ Richardson32°57′06″96°44′05″ Rosenberg29°33′30″95°48′15″ San Angelo31°27′39″100°26′03″ San Antonio29°25′37″98°29′06″ Sweetwater32°28′24″100°24′18″ Temple31°06′02″97°20′22″ Texarkana33°25′29″94°02′34″ Tyler32°21′21″95°17′52″ Victoria28°48′01″97°00′06″ Waco31°33′12″97°08′00″ Weslaco26°09′24″97°59′33″ Wichita Falls33°54′34″98°29′28″ Utah: Logan41°44′03″111°50′11″ Ogden41°13′31″111°58′21″ Provo40°14′07″111°39′34″ Salt Lake City40°45′23″111°53′26″ Vermont: Burlington44°28′34″73°12′46″ Rutland43°36′29″72°58′56″ St. Johnsbury44°25′16″72°01′13″ Windsor43°28′38″72°23′32″ Virginia: Bristol36°35′48″82°11′04″ Charlottesville38°01′52″78°28′50″ Goldvein38°26′54″77°39′19″ Hampton37°01′32″76°20′32″ Harrisonburg38°27′01″78°52′07″ Lynchburg37°24′51″79°08′37″ Norfolk36°51′10″76°17′21″ Norton36°56′05″82°37′31″ Petersburg37°13′40″77°24′15″ Portsmouth36°50′12″76°17′54″ Richmond37°32′15″77°26′09″ Roanoke37°16′13″79°56′44″ Staunton38°09′02″79°04′34″ Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie18°20′36″64°55′53″ Christiansted17°44′44″64°42′21″ Washington: Bellingham48°45′02″122°28′36″ Kennewick46°12′28″119°08′32″ Lakewood Center47°07′37″122°31′15″ Pasco46°13′50″119°05′27″ Pullman46°43′42″117°10′46″ Richland46°16′36″119°16′21″ Seattle47°36′32″122°20′12″ Spokane47°39′32″117°25′33″ Tacoma47°14′59″122°26′15″ Yakima46°36′09″120°30′39″ West Virginia: Bluefield37°15′29″81°13′20″ Charleston38°21′01″81°37′52″ Clarksburg39°16′50″80°20′38″ Grandview37°49′28″81°04′20″ Huntington38°25′12″82°26′33″ Morgantown39°37′41″79°57′28″ Oak Hill37°58′31″81°08′45″ Parkersburg39°15′57″81°33′46″ Weston39°02′19″80°28′05″ Wheeling40°04′03″80°43′20″ Wisconsin: Eau Claire44°48′31″91°29′49″ Fond Du Lac43°46′35″88°26′52″ Green Bay44°30′48″88°00′50″ Janesville42°40′52″89°01′39″ Kenosha42°35′04″87°49′14″ La Crosse43°48′48″91°15′02″ Madison43°04′23″89°22′55″ Milwaukee43°02′19″87°54′15″ Rhinelander45°38′09″89°24′50″ Superior46°43′14″92°06′07″ Wausau44°57′30″89°37′40″ Wyoming: Casper42°51′00″106°19′22″ Cheyenne41°08′09″104°49′07″ Rawlins41°47′23″107°14′37″ Riverton43°01′29″108°23′03″
[37 FR 3278, Feb. 12, 1972, as amended at 37 FR 13866, July 14, 1972; 51 FR 18451, May 20, 1986; 51 FR 44608, Dec. 11, 1986; 54 FR 25716, June 19, 1989; 56 FR 49707, Oct. 1, 1991]