TV channels & antenna towers in Port Charlotte, Florida

Port Charlotte is a city of about 54,400 people in Florida. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 42 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 6 Class A, 14 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

9 of them are within 25 miles of Port Charlotte, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 27 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 21 network stations in range are licensed to Tampa, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Tampa's stations.

The strongest network signals here 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), ION on channel 66 (WXPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 43 (WWDT-CD), Univision on channel 50 (WVEA-TV) and MeTV on channel 32.2 (WMOR-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal) and Univision (good signal). 4 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 120°. The main network towers for Port Charlotte sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WFTX-TV, WZVN-TV, WBBH-TV, WGCU and WINK-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 22 miles southeast of Port Charlotte (125° SE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 17 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Port Charlotte at fair strength or better, 59% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Port Charlotte is WINK-TV (CBS), 24 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Port Charlotte ranks 386th of 786 places in Florida: the same as the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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 Cape Coral, 30 miles away.