TV channels & antenna towers in Newport, Indiana

Newport is a small community of about 489 people in Indiana. There are 38 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 7 Class A, 10 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 9 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Newport, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 30 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 16 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 15 (WICD), CBS on channel 3 (WCIA), NBC on channel 13 (WTHR), Fox on channel 27 (WCCU), CW on channel 2.2 (WTWO), Univision on channel 40 (WHMB-TV) and MeTV on channel 46.1 (WALV-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (very weak 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 WNW, at about 296°. The main network towers for Newport sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WTWO, WAWV-TV and WTHI-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 44 miles south of Newport (179° S). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Newport at fair strength or better, 38% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Newport is WCCU (Fox), 30 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WCIA (CBS), 57 miles west and WTHR (NBC), 65 miles east, 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 9 stations at fair strength or better, Newport ranks 310th of 352 places in Indiana: fewer than the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 30 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 Danville, 20 miles away.