TV channels & antenna towers in New Castle, Delaware

With roughly 5,380 residents, New Castle is a town in Delaware. Our map shows 52 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 32 full-power, 6 Class A, 12 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of New Castle, 28 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 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 strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 6 (WPVI-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). 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 NNE, at about 33°. The main network towers for New Castle 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 WDPN-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 31 miles northeast of New Castle (33° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach New Castle 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 New Castle, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for New Castle is WPVI-TV (ABC), 32 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WDPB (PBS), 70 miles south, 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 26 stations at fair strength or better, New Castle ranks 11th of 51 places in Delaware: more than the typical Delaware town (20). Its nearest major network tower is 31 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, 5.9 miles away.