2026 Murrow Award Market Size
Please use the data sets below to determine if your organization is classified as a Large Market Station (Markets 1-50) or a Small Market Station (Markets 51+). Please note, this applies only to Radio and Television stations that compete in the regional rounds. Network and Digital organizations compete only at the national level.
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1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Dallas-Fort Worth
5. Philadelphia
6. Houston
7. Atlanta
8. Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown)
9. Boston (Manchester)
10. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
11. Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota
12. Phoenix (Prescott)
13. Seattle-Tacoma
14. Detroit
15. Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
16. Minneapolis-St. Paul
17. Denver
18. Miami-Fort Lauderdale
19. Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
20. Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
21. Charlotte
22. Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville)
23. Portland, OR
24. St. Louis
25. Indianapolis
26. Nashville
27. Pittsburgh
28. Salt Lake City
29. Baltimore
30. San Diego
31. San Antonio
32. Hartford & New Haven
33. Kansas City
34. Austin, TX
35. Columbus, OH
36. Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson
37. Cincinnati
38. Milwaukee
39. West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce
40. Las Vegas
41. Jacksonville
42. Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York
43. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
44. Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
45. Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa)
46. Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem
47. Oklahoma City
48. Albuquerque-Santa Fe
49. Louisville
50. New Orleans
51. Memphis
52. Providence-New Bedford
53. Fort Myers-Naples
54. Buffalo
55. Fresno-Visalia
56. Richmond-Petersburg
57. Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
58. Little Rock-Pine Bluff
59. Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazleton
60. Knoxville
61. Tulsa
62. Albany-Schenectady-Troy
63. Lexington
64. Dayton
65. Tucson (Sierra Vista)
66. Spokane
67. Des Moines-Ames
68. Green Bay-Appleton
69. Honolulu
70. Roanoke-Lynchburg
71. Wichita-Hutchinson Plus
72. Flint-Saginaw-Bay City
73. Omaha
74. Springfield, MO
75. Huntsville-Decatur (Florence)
76. Columbia, SC
77. Madison
78. Portland-Auburn
79. Rochester, NY
80. Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen
81. Toledo
82. Charleston-Huntington
83. Waco-Temple-Bryan
84. Savannah
85. Charleston, SC
86. Chattanooga
87. Colorado Springs-Pueblo
88. Syracuse
89. El Paso (Las Cruces)
90. Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg
91. Shreveport-Texarkana
92. Champaign-Urbana & Springfield-Decatur
93. Burlington-Plattsburgh
94. Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
95. Baton Rouge
96. Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers
97. Myrtle Beach-Florence
98. Boise
99. Jackson, MS
100. South Bend-Elkhart
101. Tri-Cities, TN-VA
102. Greenville-New Bern-Washington
103. Reno
104. Davenport-Rock Island-Moline
105. Tallahassee-Thomasville
106. Tyler-Longview (Lufkin & Nacogdoches)
107. Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney
108. Augusta-Aiken
109. Evansville
110. Fort Wayne
111. Sioux Falls (Mitchell)
112. Johnstown-Altoona-State College
113. Fargo-Valley City
114. Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick
115. Springfield-Holyoke
116. Traverse City-Cadillac
117. Lansing
118. Youngstown
119. Macon
120. Eugene
121. Montgomery-Selma
122. Peoria-Bloomington
123. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo
124. Lafayette, LA
125. Bakersfield
126. Wilmington, NC
127. Columbus, GA
128. Monterey-Salinas
129. La Crosse-Eau Claire
130. Corpus Christi
131. Salisbury
132. Amarillo
133. Wausau-Rhinelander
134. Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Starkville
135. Columbia-Jefferson City
136. Chico-Redding
137. Rockford
138. Duluth-Superior
139. Medford-Klamath Falls
140. Lubbock
141. Topeka
142. Monroe-El Dorado
143. Beaumont-Port Arthur
144. Odessa-Midland
145. Palm Springs
146. Anchorage
147. Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson (Williston)
148. Panama City
149. Sioux City
150. Wichita Falls & Lawton
151. Joplin-Pittsburg
152. Albany, GA
153. Rochester-Mason City-Austin
154. Erie
155. Idaho Falls-Pocatello (Jackson)
156. Bangor
157. Gainesville
158. Biloxi-Gulfport
159. Terre Haute
160. Sherman-Ada
161. Missoula
162. Binghamton
163. Wheeling-Steubenville
164. Yuma-El Centro
165. Billings
166. Abilene-Sweetwater
167. Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill
168. Hattiesburg-Laurel
169. Rapid City
170. Dothan
171. Utica
172. Clarksburg-Weston
173. Harrisonburg
174. Jackson, TN
175. Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk
176. Charlottesville
177. Lake Charles
178. Elmira (Corning)
179. Watertown
180. Bowling Green
181. Marquette
182. Jonesboro
183. Alexandria, LA
184. Laredo
185. Butte-Bozeman
186. Bend, OR
187. Grand Junction-Montrose
188. Twin Falls
189. Lafayette, IN
190. Lima
191. Great Falls
192. Meridian
193. Cheyenne-Scottsbluff
194. Parkersburg
195. Greenwood-Greenville
196. Eureka
197. San Angelo
198. Casper-Riverton
199. Mankato
200. Ottumwa-Kirksville
201. St. Joseph
202. Fairbanks
203. Zanesville
204. Victoria
205. Helena
206. Presque Isle
207. Juneau
208. Alpena
209. North Platte
210. Glendive
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Dallas-Ft. Worth
5. Houston-Galveston
6. San Francisco
7. Atlanta
8. Washington, DC
9. Philadelphia
10. Boston
11. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood
12. Seattle-Tacoma
13. Phoenix
14. Detroit
15. Minneapolis-St. Paul
16. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
17. Puerto Rico
18. Denver-Boulder
19. San Diego
20. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill
21. Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island)
22. Portland, OR
23. Baltimore
24. San Antonio
25. St. Louis
26. Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo
27. Austin
28. Riverside-San Bernardino
29. Orlando
30. Sacramento
31. Las Vegas
32. Pittsburgh, PA
33. Cincinnati
34. Raleigh-Durham
35. Kansas City
36. Columbus, OH
37. Cleveland
38. Indianapolis
39. San Jose
40. Nashville
41. Middlesex-Somerset-Union
42. Hudson Valley
43. Jacksonville
44. Milwaukee-Racine
45. Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket
46. Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
47. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton
48. Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point
49. Oklahoma City
50. New Orleans
51. Ft. Myers-Naples
52. Richmond
53. Greenville-Spartanburg
54. Monmouth-Ocean
55. Memphis
56. McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen
57. Hartford-New Britain-Middletown
58. Louisville
59. Buffalo-Niagara Falls
60. Rochester, NY
61. Birmingham
62. Tucson
63. Tulsa
64. Sarasota-Bradenton
65. Honolulu
66. Dayton
67. Fresno
68. Albany-Schenectady-Troy
69. Grand Rapids
70. Des Moines
71. Knoxville
72. Albuquerque
73. Metro Fairfield County
74. Omaha-Council Bluffs
75. Allentown-Bethlehem
76. Charleston, SC
77. El Paso
78. Baton Rouge
79. Gainesville-Ocala
80. Boise
81. Wilkes Barre-Scranton
82. Stockton
83. Bakersfield
84. Daytona Beach
85. Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach
86. Wilmington, DE
87. Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
88. Madison
89. Columbia, SC
90. Spokane
91. Colorado Springs
92. Portland, ME
93. Chattanooga
94. Little Rock
95. Reno
96. Akron
97. Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa
98. Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz
99. Huntsville
100. Mobile
101. Syracuse
102. Springfield, MA
103. Lexington-Fayette
104. Wichita
105. Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO
106. Fayetteville (North West Arkansas)
107. Augusta, GA
108. Toledo
109. York
110. Worcester
111. Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol
112. Ft. Wayne
113. Victor Valley
114. Lancaster
115. Lafayette, LA
116. Pensacola
117. Corpus Christi
118. Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester
119. Modesto
120. Morristown, NJ
121. Roanoke-Lynchburg
122. Myrtle Beach, SC
123. New Haven
124. Oxnard-Ventura
125. Lansing-East Lansing
126. Jackson, MS
127. Salisbury-Ocean City
128. Killeen-Temple, TX
129. Macon
130. Fredericksburg
131. Springfield, MO
132. Reading, PA
133. Fayetteville, NC
134. Savannah
135. Palm Springs
136. Youngstown-Warren
137. Appleton-Oshkosh
138. Tyler-Longview
139. Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula
140. Newburgh-Middletown, NY
141. Canton
142. Flint
143. Trenton
144. Burlington-Plattsburgh
145. Eugene-Springfield
146. Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
147. Ann Arbor, MI
148. Shreveport
149. Asheville
150. Atlantic City-Cape May
151. Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI
152. Montgomery
153. Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline)
154. Tallahassee
155. Peoria
156. Odessa-Midland, TX
157. Lincoln
158. Rockford
159. Ft. Smith, AR
160. Lubbock
161. Bowling Green, KY
162. Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD-PA
163. Ft. Walton Beach-Destin, FL
164. Evansville
165. Amarillo, TX
166. Poughkeepsie, NY
167. Frederick, MD
168. Sioux Falls, SD
169. Concord (Lakes Region)
170. Huntington-Ashland
171. San Luis Obispo, CA
172. Utica-Rome
173. Wausau-Stevens Point, WI (Central WI)
174. Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV
175. Anchorage
176. Traverse City-Petoskey, MI
177. New London, CT
178. Lima-Van Wert, OH
179. Green Bay
180. Bryan-College Station, TX
181. St. Cloud, MN
182. South Bend, IN
183. Fargo-Moorhead
184. Erie
185. Cape Cod, MA
186. Kalamazoo
187. Waco, TX
188. Dothan, AL
189. Columbus, GA
190. Laredo, TX
191. Manchester
192. Binghamton
193. Tuscaloosa, AL
194. Danbury, CT
195. Charleston, WV
196. Winchester, VA
197. Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA
198. Salina-Manhattan, KS
199. Cedar Rapids
200. Topeka
201. Las Cruces-Deming, NM
202. Duluth-Superior
203. Chico, CA
204. Panama City, FL
205. Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS
206. Santa Barbara, CA
207. Rochester, MN
208. Bangor
209. Terre Haute
210. La Crosse, WI
211. Florence, SC
212. Columbia, MO
213. Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT
214. Muncie-Marion, IN
215. Joplin, MO
216. Redding, CA
217. Eau Claire, WI
218. Muskegon, MI
219. Bloomington
220. Pueblo
221. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
222. Monroe, LA
223. Sussex, NJ
224. Albany, GA
225. Valdosta, GA
226. Grand Island-Kearney-Hastings, NE
226. Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH
228. Harrisonburg, VA
229. Bismarck, ND
230. Wheeling
231. Augusta-Waterville, ME
232. Montpelier-Barre-St. Johnsbury
233. Sioux City, IA
234. Sheboygan, WI
235. San Angelo, TX
236. Williamsport, PA
237. Watertown, NY
238. Brunswick, GA
239. Cheyenne, WY
240. Hot Springs, AR
241. Jackson, TN
242. Grand Forks, ND-MN