TV channels & antenna towers in Montpelier, Indiana

With roughly 1,740 residents, Montpelier is a small community in Indiana. Our map shows 45 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 18 full-power, 9 Class A, 15 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 7 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Montpelier, 17 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 27 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Indianapolis, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Indianapolis's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 21 (WPTA), CBS on channel 15 (WANE-TV), NBC on channel 13 (WTHR), Fox on channel 55 (WFFT-TV), CW on channel 33 (WISE-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WDNI-CD), Univision on channel 40 (WHMB-TV) and MeTV on channel 46.1 (WALV-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (very weak 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 N, at about 7°. The main network towers for Montpelier sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WANE-TV, WISE-TV, WPTA and WFFT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 38 miles north of Montpelier (8° N). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Montpelier at fair strength or better, all arrive from the north, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Montpelier is WFFT-TV (Fox), 39 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WTHR (NBC), 64 miles southwest, 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.

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 7 stations at fair strength or better, Montpelier ranks 337th of 352 places in Indiana: fewer than the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 38 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 Marion, 20 miles away.