WMTV (CW) · Channel 15.2

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 155 kW effective radiated power, WMTV runs more power than 43% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 415 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 58% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 60 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 66 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 165 cities and towns in our guide with about 1,400,000 residents, as far as Waukesha, WI (63 miles).

WMTV shares its transmitter site with W23BW-D, WMWD-LD and WZCK-LD. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CW station in our data is WSLN in Freeport, IL, 55 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

The CW is a commercial broadcast network carrying entertainment series and a growing slate of sports. In smaller markets it often runs as a subchannel of another station rather than its own transmitter.