TV channels & antenna towers in Darmstadt, Indiana

Darmstadt, Indiana has a population of about 1,460. There are 21 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 9 full-power, 3 Class A and 9 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

17 of them are within 25 miles of Darmstadt, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 2 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 6 network stations in range are licensed to Evansville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Evansville's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 25 (WEHT), NBC on channel 14 (WFIE), Fox on channel 44.2 (WEVV-TV), CW on channel 7 (WTVW), ION on channel 30.3 (WELW-LD) and Telemundo on channel 15 (WYYW-CD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WLKY in Louisville, KY, 97 miles to the east. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal). 5 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 S, at about 173°. The main network towers for Darmstadt sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WEVV-TV, WFIE and WEHT, transmit from the same tower site about 15 miles south of Darmstadt (172° S). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Darmstadt at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Darmstadt is WEHT (ABC), 16 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WTVW is only 13 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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Darmstadt ranks 206th of 352 places in Indiana: fewer than the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 8.5 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

51% of Indiana's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Evansville, 8.7 miles away.