TV channels & antenna towers in Sarasota, Florida

With roughly 55,100 residents, Sarasota 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, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Sarasota, 25 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 19 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 28 (WFTS-TV), CBS on channel 11 (WINK-TV), NBC on channel 20 (WBBH-TV), Fox on channel 36 (WFTX-TV), PBS on channel 3.1 (WEDU), CW on channel 46 (WXCW), ION on channel 66 (WXPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 49 (WRMD-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 NNE, at about 25°. The main network towers for Sarasota sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WXPX-TV, WTSP, WVEA-TV, WMOR-TV and WTVT and others, transmit from the same tower site about 37 miles northeast of Sarasota (26° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 17 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sarasota at fair strength or better, 65% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Sarasota is WEDU (PBS), 39 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WINK-TV (CBS), 60 miles southeast, WBBH-TV (NBC), 59 miles southeast and WFTX-TV (Fox), 58 miles southeast, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for those.

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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Sarasota ranks 419th of 786 places in Florida: fewer than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 18 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

60% of Florida's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is St. Petersburg, 31 miles away.