TV channels & antenna towers in Surfside, Florida

Surfside is a town of about 6,020 people in Florida. There are 41 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 21 full-power, 3 Class A, 14 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 37 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 23 at good or strong strength.

30 of them are within 25 miles of Surfside, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Miami, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Miami's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 7.2 (WSVN), CBS on channel 4 (WFOR-TV), NBC on channel 6 (WTVJ), Fox on channel 29 (WFLX), PBS on channel 17 (WLRN-TV), CW on channel 33 (WBFS-TV), ION on channel 35 (WPXM-TV), Telemundo on channel 51 (WSCV), Univision on channel 23 (WLTV-DT), MeTV on channel 10.2 (WPLG) and Trinity on channel 45 (WHFT-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong 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 NW, at about 320°. The main network towers for Surfside sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, WPXM-TV, WPLG, WSVN, WLRN-TV and WSCV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 7.7 miles northwest of Surfside (316° NW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Surfside at fair strength or better, 64% 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 Surfside, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Surfside is WTVJ (NBC), 8.7 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WFLX (Fox), 49 miles north, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is 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 that one.

WURH-LD is only 7.7 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 37 stations at fair strength or better, Surfside ranks 34th of 786 places in Florida: more than the typical Florida town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 7.7 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 North Miami, 3.9 miles away.