WABC-TV (ABC) · Channel 7

Full-power stations are the main licensed broadcasters in a market. They may run the highest power from the tallest towers and are protected from interference, so they set the core of what you can receive.

At 34 kW effective radiated power, WABC-TV runs more power than 20% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW). Stations on VHF channels are licensed at much lower power than UHF stations to cover the same area, so a low figure does not always mean a weak signal.

Its antenna sits 405 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 57% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 59 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 61 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 929 cities and towns in our guide with about 32,800,000 residents, as far as Levittown, PA (60 miles).

WABC-TV shares its transmitter site with WXNY-LD, WDYJ-LD, WFUT-DT, WTBY-TV, WPIX (CW) and WXTV-DT (Univision) and 4 more. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other ABC station in our data is WTNH in New Haven, CT, 71 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

ABC is one of the four big commercial broadcast networks. Local ABC affiliates carry the national morning, evening news and primetime schedule alongside their own local newscasts, and the network carries major sports such as NBA games.