TV channels & antenna towers in Hockessin, Delaware

With roughly 13,500 residents, Hockessin is a town in Delaware. Our map shows 52 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 31 full-power, 6 Class A, 12 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 31 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 24 between 25 and 45 miles, and 28 farther out. Five of the 16 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 6 (WPVI-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WCAU), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), 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). 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 NE, at about 54°. The main network towers for Hockessin 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 30 miles northeast of Hockessin (54° NE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hockessin at fair strength or better, 64% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hockessin is WCAU (NBC), 30 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 31 stations at fair strength or better, Hockessin ranks 3rd of 51 places in Delaware: more than the typical Delaware town (20). Its nearest major network tower is 30 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 Newark, 7.7 miles away.