TV channels & antenna towers in Punta Gorda Isles, Florida

With roughly 18,300 residents, Punta Gorda Isles is a city in Florida. Our map shows 40 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 21 full-power, 5 Class A, 13 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

9 of them are within 25 miles of Punta Gorda Isles, 4 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 (fair 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 111°. The main network towers for Punta Gorda Isles 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 19 miles southeast of Punta Gorda Isles (116° ESE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Punta Gorda Isles at fair strength or better, 53% 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 Punta Gorda Isles, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Punta Gorda Isles is WINK-TV (CBS), 21 miles away with a strong 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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Punta Gorda Isles ranks 490th of 786 places in Florida: fewer than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 19 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 Port Charlotte, 4.1 miles away.