WPTA (ABC) · Channel 21

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 444 kW effective radiated power, WPTA runs more power than 59% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 229 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 57 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 105 cities and towns in our guide with about 740,000 residents, as far as Goshen, IN (47 miles).

WPTA shares its transmitter site with WISE-TV (CW), W22FH-D, WFWA, WEIJ-LD and WANE-TV (CBS). One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other ABC station in our data is WOHL-CD in Lima, OH, 60 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.