TV channels & antenna towers in Wilmington, Delaware

With roughly 71,900 residents, Wilmington is a city in Delaware. Our map shows 51 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 31 full-power, 6 Class A, 12 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 32 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 28 between 25 and 45 miles, and 23 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 38°. The main network towers for Wilmington 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 26 miles northeast of Wilmington (38° NE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Wilmington at fair strength or better, 69% 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 Wilmington, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Wilmington is WCAU (NBC), 26 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 32 stations at fair strength or better, Wilmington ranks 2nd of 51 places in Delaware: more than the typical Delaware town (20). Its nearest major network tower is 26 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 Philadelphia, 25 miles away.