Nielsen Market Map | 2023 RADIO METRO MAP

Nielsen Audio Top 50 Market Counties

Each entity seeking an LPFM radio  applicant is required to furnish the FCC with a roster of its controlling members. For nonprofit organizations, this involves presenting a comprehensive list of board members, inclusive of their residential addresses and voting percentages. It’s essential to note that for local consideration, either the organizational headquarters must be situated within 10 miles of the proposed transmitter site – OR – 75 percent of the board members must reside within that radius. This requirement extends to 20 miles outside of Nielsen’s top 50 Radio Markets. A detailed list of counties within the top 50 markets is available on the Nexus Broadcast website.

The regions and localities mentioned herein constitute the latest 2023 Nielsen Audio Top-50 urban markets.

In case the LPFM transmitting antenna is situated within any of these areas, the following FCC regulations are applicable:

• §73.853(b) requires that LPFM organizations in the Top-50 urban markets must have the headquarters or campus of the organization or at least 75% of the organization’s board members physically reside within 10 miles of the transmitting antenna location.
• §73.872(b)(1) states that in order to claim the Established Community Presence point, an applicant must, for a period of two years prior to the application and at all times thereafter, have the headquarters or campus of the organization or at least 75% of the organization’s board members physically reside within 10 miles of the transmitting antenna location.
• §73.872(b)(3) states that in order to claim the Main Studio point, that the applicant pledges to maintain a publicly accessible main studio with local program origination capability, is reachable by telephone, is staffed at least 20 hours per week between 7AM~10PM and is located within 10 miles of the transmitting antenna.
  For counties and areas not designated as Top-50 urban markets, the 10 mile limit is extended to 20 miles.

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