TV channels & antenna towers in Palm Bay, Florida

With roughly 108,000 residents, Palm Bay is a city in Florida. Our map shows 40 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 17 full-power, 7 Class A, 14 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Palm Bay, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 29 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Orlando, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Orlando's stations.

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 (very weak signal) and Univision (good signal). 6 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 NW, at about 323°. The main network towers for Palm Bay sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WFTV, WVEN-TV, WHLV-TV and WKCF, transmit from the same tower site about 47 miles northwest of Palm Bay (323° NW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Palm Bay at fair strength or better, 82% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Palm Bay is WUCF-TV (PBS), 50 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 21 stations at fair strength or better, Palm Bay ranks 474th of 786 places in Florida: fewer than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 31 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

17% of Florida's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna.