The following lists the average Nielsen rating for NFL
broadcasts in the top 77 U.S. markets during the '99 season.
The numbers include all games on over-the-air local ABC, CBS
and Fox affils -- including "MNF" and Thanksgiving Day.
Numbers exclusively represent game telecasts (Nielsen):
AVG. AVG.
MARKET DMA MARKET DMA
Green Bay/Appleton 25.4 Charlotte 11.7
Denver 19.9 Houston 11.7
Buffalo 19.1 Nashville 11.7
Kansas City 19.1 Shreveport 11.6
Jacksonville 18.8 Columbus 11.0
Madison 18.5 Boston 10.8
Milwaukee 18.3 New York 10.8
Dallas/Ft. Worth 17.5 Omaha 10.8
S.F./Oakland/San Jose 17.4 W. Palm Beach/Ft. Pierce 10.8
Pittsburgh 17.1 Cincinnati 10.7
Minneapolis/St. Paul 16.8 Atlanta 10.5
Washington, DC 16.4 Toledo 10.5
Rochester 14.9 Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo^ 10.3
Sacramento/Stock./Modesto 14.7 Youngstown 10.3
Tampa/St. Petersburg 14.7 Los Angeles 10.1
New Orleans 14.5 Syracuse 10.1
Philadelphia 14.3 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 10.1
San Diego 14.2 Flint/Saginaw/Bay City 10.0
St. Louis 13.9 Richmond/Petersburg 9.8
Cleveland 13.7 Mobile/Pensacola 9.6
Honolulu 13.4 Harrisburg/Lancaster^ 9.4
Las Vegas 13.2 Salt Lake City 9.3
Oklahoma City 13.2 Hartford/New Haven 9.2
Indianapolis 13.0 Providence/New Bedford 9.2
Tulsa 13.0 Baltimore 9.1
San Antonio 12.9 Dayton 9.1
Norfolk/Portsm/Newpt News 12.9 Portland 9.1
Seattle/Tacoma 12.7 Memphis 9.0
Chicago 12.7 Birmingham 8.8
Austin 12.6 Greensboro/Hi Pt/W-Salem 8.7
Detroit 12.6 Raleigh/Durham 8.7
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale 12.6 Knoxville 8.4
Albuquerque 12.5 Little Rock/Pine Bluff 8.0
Des Moines/Ames 12.4 Louisville 7.8
Spokane 12.4 Roanoke/Lynchburg 7.3
Fresno/Visalia 12.1 Greenville/Spartanburg^ 7.2
Phoenix 12.1 Charleston/Huntington 7.1
Orlando 11.8 Lexington 5.7
Wichita/Hutchinson 11.9 TOTAL 12.6
^ = Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo includes Battle Creek.
Harrisburg/Lancaster includes Lebanon and York.
Greenville/Spartanburg includes Asheville and Anderson.
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