TV channels & antenna towers in Bear, Delaware

With roughly 19,400 residents, Bear is a town in Delaware. Our map shows 53 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 33 full-power, 6 Class A, 12 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Bear, 27 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 26 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, PA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 2 (WMAR-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WCAU), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), PBS on channel 64 (WDPB), CW on channel 17 (WPHL-TV), ION on channel 61 (WPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 65 (WUVP-DT) and MeTV on channel 2.1 (WDPN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good 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 NE, at about 38°. The main network towers for Bear sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, KYW-TV, WTXF-TV, WUVP-DT, WPHL-TV and WPVI-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 36 miles northeast of Bear (38° NE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Bear at fair strength or better, 69% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Bear is WCAU (NBC), 36 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WMAR-TV (ABC), 57 miles west and WDPB (PBS), 67 miles south, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 21 stations at fair strength or better, Bear ranks 19th of 51 places in Delaware: more than the typical Delaware town (20). Its nearest major network tower is 36 miles away, against a state median of 29 miles.

69% of Delaware's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Wilmington, 10 miles away.