TV channels & antenna towers in Shelton, Connecticut

Shelton is a town of about 41,300 people in Connecticut. There are 75 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 35 full-power, 10 Class A, 28 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 29 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 5 transmitters are within 25 miles, 18 between 25 and 45 miles, and 52 farther out. Six of the 26 network stations in range are licensed to Springfield, MA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Springfield's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 31°. The main network towers for Shelton 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 30 miles northeast of Shelton (27° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Shelton at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Shelton is WFSB (CBS), 35 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 29 stations at fair strength or better, Shelton ranks 64th of 183 places in Connecticut: more than the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 10 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 New Haven, 8.6 miles away.