WDTV (CBS) · Channel 5

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 935 kW effective radiated power, WDTV runs more power than 78% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 228 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 13% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 46 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 59 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 79 cities and towns in our guide with about 302,000 residents, as far as Wheeling, WV (56 miles).

WDTV shares its transmitter site with WVFX (CW), W29FK-D, W35DI-D, W28FC-D, W32FY-D and W25FS-D. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CBS station in our data is KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, PA, 84 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

CBS is one of the four big commercial broadcast networks. Local CBS affiliates carry the network's news, daytime and primetime schedule plus local news, and CBS is the over-the-air home of many NFL Sunday afternoon games.