TV channels & antenna towers in Lake Mary, Florida

Lake Mary is a town of about 16,000 people in Florida. There are 40 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 9 Class A, 13 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

25 of them are within 25 miles of Lake Mary, 5 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.

The best-placed network stations 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 (fair 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 SE, at about 126°. The main network towers for Lake Mary 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 17 miles southeast of Lake Mary (128° SE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake Mary at fair strength or better, 90% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lake Mary is WFTV (ABC), 21 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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Lake Mary ranks 251st of 786 places in Florida: more than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 13 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 Sanford, 4.0 miles away.