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saw this on a real estate blog, but thought would be relevant here. when these other conferences (besides the BigTX) are looking to gain TV exposure, here's where Texas and DFW & Houston fall in line with the rest of the country...

WOW. I knew we had large TV markets in Texas but I had no idea that both the DFW area and Houston were so large. Makes a damn good argument for why SMU needs to be in a BCS conference, not called the B12. Guess you could say the same for Houston and TCU as well.

is there any doubt why UT has so much leverage over the rest of teh BigTX? only state in the top 25 besides them is Missouri, with a quarter of the population, all in KC & SLu.

Yep. It also goes to show why UT is slow on giving up on or giving concessions on the LHN.

Now consider 100 Million + in the Footprint of a potential PAC 16 plus this is the area with the biggest potential future growth

I thought you said texas and all the republican states sucked...how can you use it as a growing claim...

Here are the 2010 Nielsen market numbers

top 10 TV Markets (households)
1. NYC - 7493530
2. Los Angeles - 5659170
3. Chicago - 3501010
4. Philadelphia - 2955190
5. DFW - 2544410
6. San Fran-Oak - 2503400
7. Boston - 2410180
8. Atlanta - 2387520
9. Washington DC - 2335040
10. Houston - 2123460

top 10 TV Markets (Hispanics households)
1. Los Angeles - 1868200
2. NYC - 1251460
3. Miami - 666230
4. Houston - 561390
5. DFW - 506020
6. Chicago - 492170
7. Phoenix - 391770
8. San Antonio - 388800
9. San Fran-Oak 382460
10. Harlingen-McA 294640

top 10 TV Markets (African-American household)
1. NYC - 1270660
2. Atlanta - 658150
3. Chicago - 598190
4. Washington DC - 561390
5. Philadelphia - 533920
6. Los Angeles - 481250
7. Detroit - 381730
8. Houston - 374600
9. DFW - 363790
10. Raleigh-Durham - 299910

top 10 TV Markets (Asian households)
1. Los Angeles - 701510
2. NYC - 606160
3. San Fran-Oak - 525110
4. Honolulu - 215960
5. Chicago - 179850
6. Washington DC - 168660
7. Seattle - 148340
8. Sacramento - 131470
9. Philadelphia - 116230
10. Houston - 114540
11. DFW - 111350

West Virginia..1.8 million people.

Wyoming...563,626 people.