TV channels & antenna towers in Orange, Connecticut

Orange is a town of about 14,000 people in Connecticut. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 73 licensed TV transmitters: 35 full-power, 9 Class A, 27 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 4 transmitters are within 25 miles, 20 between 25 and 45 miles, and 49 farther out. Six of the 25 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 best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 8 (WTNH), CBS on channel 3 (WFSB), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 20 (WCCT-TV), ION on channel 26 (WHPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WRDM-CD), Univision on channel 41 (WXTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 35.1 (WHCT-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (fair signal). 16 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 NNE, at about 19°. The main network towers for Orange sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WRDM-CD, WVIT, WTIC-TV, WCCT-TV and WHPX-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 31 miles north of Orange (19° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Orange at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Orange is WFSB (CBS), 36 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Orange ranks 67th of 183 places in Connecticut: more than the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Haven, 4.1 miles away.