TV channels & antenna towers in Charlotte Hall, Maryland

With roughly 1,420 residents, Charlotte Hall is a small community in Maryland. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 47 licensed TV transmitters: 26 full-power, 6 Class A and 15 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 24 between 25 and 45 miles, and 23 farther 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 strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 7 (WJLA-TV), CBS on channel 9 (WUSA), NBC on channel 4 (WRC-TV), Fox on channel 5 (WTTG), PBS on channel 26 (WETA-TV), CW on channel 50 (WDCW), 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). 8 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 NNW, at about 333°. The main network towers for Charlotte Hall sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WDCW, WRC-TV, WZDC-CD, WFDC-DT and WDME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 36 miles northwest of Charlotte Hall (333° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Charlotte Hall at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Charlotte Hall is WTTG (Fox), 38 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Charlotte Hall ranks 301st of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 36 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 St. Charles, 12 miles away.