TV channels & antenna towers in Crescent City, Florida

With roughly 1,540 residents, Crescent City is a small community in Florida. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 73 licensed TV transmitters: 28 full-power, 10 Class A, 33 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.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Crescent City, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 66 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 21 network stations in range are licensed to Jacksonville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Jacksonville's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 9 (WFTV), CBS on channel 6 (WKMG-TV), NBC on channel 2 (WESH), Fox on channel 35 (WOFL), PBS on channel 24 (WUCF-TV), CW on channel 18 (WKCF), Telemundo on channel 31 (WTMO-CD), Univision on channel 43 (WVEN-TV) and Trinity on channel 52 (WHLV-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (good signal). 9 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 SSE, at about 155°. The main network towers for Crescent City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WJXX, WCWJ, WTLV, WJEB-TV and WFOX-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 58 miles north of Crescent City (357° N). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Crescent City at fair strength or better, 53% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

WFTV (ABC), WOFL (Fox) and WUCF-TV (PBS) lie beyond the radio horizon of their transmitter as seen from Crescent City. Past that point signals fade quickly, so antenna height matters more than amplification.

The farthest main network tower for Crescent City is WFTV (ABC), 66 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 26 stations at fair strength or better, Crescent City ranks 321st of 786 places in Florida: more than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 36 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

17% of Florida's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Palm Coast, 21 miles away.