TV channels & antenna towers in Carney, Maryland

Carney is a city of about 29,900 people in Maryland. There are 51 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 29 full-power, 6 Class A and 16 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 29 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 19 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Carney, 29 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 are more than 45 miles out. Nine of the 22 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 14 (WFDC-DT) and MeTV on channel 48.1 (WDME-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 9 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 236°. The main network towers for Carney sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WJLA-TV, WHUT-TV, WUSA, WETA-TV and WTTG and others, transmit from the same tower site about 43 miles southwest of Carney (224° SW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 18 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Carney at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Carney is WETA-TV (PBS), 43 miles away with a good 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.

WNUV is only 7.8 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 29 stations at fair strength or better, Carney ranks 214th of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 7.8 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 Baltimore, 8.6 miles away.