TV channels & antenna towers in New Canaan, Connecticut

With roughly 19,700 residents, New Canaan is a city in Connecticut. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 71 licensed TV transmitters: 31 full-power, 9 Class A, 28 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 32 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of New Canaan, 42 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 27 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 19 network stations in range are licensed to New York, NY, so most of the network channels you will find here come from New York's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 7 (WABC-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WCBS-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WNBC), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 20 (WCCT-TV), ION on channel 26 (WHPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 47 (WNJU), Univision on channel 41 (WXTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 33.1 (WJLP). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 15 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 SW, at about 223°. The main network towers for New Canaan sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WCBS-TV, WNYW, WNBC, WNJU and WPXN-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 40 miles southwest of New Canaan (222° SW). 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 New Canaan at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for New Canaan is WNBC (NBC), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WTIC-TV (Fox), 52 miles northeast, 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 32 stations at fair strength or better, New Canaan ranks 41st of 183 places in Connecticut: more than the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 34 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 North Stamford, 2.6 miles away.