TV channels & antenna towers in Canaan, Connecticut

Canaan is a small community of about 1,210 people in Connecticut. There are 48 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 22 full-power, 5 Class A, 16 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Canaan, 26 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 22 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 21 network stations in range are licensed to Springfield, MA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Springfield's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 10 (WTEN), CBS on channel 3 (WFSB), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 45 (WCWN), ION on channel 26 (WHPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WRDM-CD), Univision on channel 18 (WUVN) and MeTV on channel 35.1 (WHCT-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (fair signal). 7 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SE, at about 128°. The main network towers for Canaan sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WTIC-TV, WCCT-TV, WHPX-TV, WRDM-CD and WVIT, transmit from the same tower site about 34 miles southeast of Canaan (131° SE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Canaan at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Canaan, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Canaan is WVIT (NBC), 34 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WTEN (ABC), 54 miles northwest, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 23 stations at fair strength or better, Canaan ranks 137th of 183 places in Connecticut: fewer than the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 32 miles away, against a state median of 15 miles.

73% of Connecticut's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is West Torrington, 17 miles away.