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Memo to Power 5 Commissioners: UCF and Orando are exploding! | Commentary

It’s been a while since I reached out, but I felt like it was imperative that I fill you in on what’s happening here in Central Florida.

Don’t know if you heard the news, but the latest Nielsen TV market rankings are out and Orlando has moved past Miami as the 17th-largest TV market in the country. Not only that, but the projections for this TV market are mind-boggling.

According to the last Census figures, Orlando was growing faster than every major metropolitan area in the country except Raleigh, N.C. More specifically, from 2018 to 2019, the Orlando Metropolitan statistical area grew by 2.