TV channels & antenna towers in Forest City, Florida

With roughly 13,900 residents, Forest City is a city in Florida. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 40 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 9 Class A, 13 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

26 of them are within 25 miles of Forest City, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Orlando, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Orlando'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), ION on channel 56 (WOPX-TV), 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 (good signal) and Univision (strong signal). 7 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 ESE, at about 102°. The main network towers for Forest City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WUCF-TV, WOFL, WVEN-TV, WHLV-TV and WKCF and others, transmit from the same tower site about 22 miles east of Forest City (102° ESE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Forest City at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Forest City is WFTV (ABC), 25 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Forest City ranks 306th of 786 places in Florida: more than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 4.3 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

23% of Florida's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Apopka, 4.2 miles away.