TV channels & antenna towers in Orlando, Florida

With roughly 271,000 residents, Orlando is a city in Florida. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 38 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 8 Class A, 12 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 20 at good or strong strength.

24 of them are within 25 miles of Orlando, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Orlando is a broadcast hub in its own right: five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed here.

The strongest network signals here 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 ENE, at about 77°. The main network towers for Orlando sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WUCF-TV, WVEN-TV, WHLV-TV, WKCF and WOFL and others, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles east of Orlando (76° ENE). 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 Orlando 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 Orlando, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Orlando is WESH (NBC), 20 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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, Orlando ranks 251st of 786 places in Florida: more than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 6.6 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

23% of Florida's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.