TV channels & antenna towers in Bel Air, Maryland

With roughly 10,200 residents, Bel Air is a city in Maryland. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 72 licensed TV transmitters: 41 full-power, 11 Class A, 19 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 31 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 10 transmitters are within 25 miles, 8 between 25 and 45 miles, and 54 farther out. Nine of the 30 network stations in range are licensed to Washington, DC, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Washington's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 2 (WMAR-TV), CBS on channel 13 (WJZ-TV), NBC on channel 11 (WBAL-TV), Fox on channel 45 (WBFF), PBS on channel 26 (WETA-TV), CW on channel 54 (WNUV), ION on channel 66 (WPXW-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WZDC-CD), Univision on channel 15 (WXBU) and MeTV on channel 2.1 (WDPN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (fair signal). 13 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 SW, at about 229°. The main network towers for Bel Air sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WNUV, WBFF, WJZ-TV, WMAR-TV and WBAL-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 21 miles southwest of Bel Air (229° SW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 20 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Bel Air at fair strength or better, 65% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Bel Air is WBAL-TV (NBC), 21 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WETA-TV (PBS), 56 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 31 stations at fair strength or better, Bel Air ranks 183rd of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 21 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

66% of Maryland's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is North Bel Air, 0.4 miles away.