TV channels & antenna towers in Estero, Florida

With roughly 30,800 residents, Estero is a town in Florida. Our map shows 16 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 7 full-power, 2 Class A and 7 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 9 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 1 farther out. Four of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Naples, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Naples's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 26 (WZVN-TV), CBS on channel 11 (WINK-TV), NBC on channel 20 (WBBH-TV), Fox on channel 36 (WFTX-TV), PBS on channel 30 (WGCU), CW on channel 46 (WXCW), Telemundo on channel 43 (WWDT-CD) and Univision on channel 2 (WUVF-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna N, at about 5°. The main network towers for Estero sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WFTX-TV, WINK-TV, WXCW, WGCU and WZVN-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 25 miles north of Estero (1° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Estero at fair strength or better, 86% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Estero is WBBH-TV (NBC), 27 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.

WGPS-LD is only 0.9 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 15 stations at fair strength or better, Estero ranks 620th of 786 places in Florida: fewer than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 5.4 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

60% of Florida's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Cape Coral, 12 miles away.