TV channels & antenna towers in Pendleton, Indiana

With roughly 4,220 residents, Pendleton is a town in Indiana. Our map shows 29 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 14 full-power, 7 Class A, 7 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

6 of them are within 25 miles of Pendleton, 15 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 8 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 13 network stations in range are licensed to Indianapolis, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Indianapolis's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 6 (WRTV), CBS on channel 29 (WTTK), NBC on channel 13 (WTHR), Fox on channel 59 (WXIN), CW on channel 8 (WISH-TV), ION on channel 63 (WIPX-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 (fair signal) and Univision (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 WSW, at about 255°. The main network towers for Pendleton sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WXIN, WTTK, WHMB-TV and WISH-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 25 miles west of Pendleton (253° WSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Pendleton at fair strength or better, 70% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Pendleton is WXIN (Fox), 25 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 21 stations at fair strength or better, Pendleton ranks 86th of 352 places in Indiana: more than the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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 Anderson, 8.2 miles away.