TV channels & antenna towers in Fort Myers Beach, Florida

With roughly 6,980 residents, Fort Myers Beach 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 10 at good or strong strength.

8 of them are within 25 miles of Fort Myers Beach, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 1 is more than 45 miles 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 (fair 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 NNE, at about 24°. The main network towers for Fort Myers Beach 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 Fort Myers Beach (21° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Fort Myers Beach is WBBH-TV (NBC), 28 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.

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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Fort Myers Beach ranks 620th of 786 places in Florida: fewer than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 7.1 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, 7.6 miles away.