TV channels & antenna towers in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

With roughly 5,870 residents, Chesapeake Beach is a town in Maryland. Our map shows 47 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 25 full-power, 6 Class A and 16 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 3 transmitters are within 25 miles, 24 between 25 and 45 miles, and 20 farther out. Nine of the 21 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 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 WNW, at about 302°. The main network towers for Chesapeake Beach sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WDME-CD, WDCW, WRC-TV, WZDC-CD and WFDC-DT and others, transmit from the same tower site about 34 miles northwest of Chesapeake Beach (301° WNW). 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 Chesapeake Beach at fair strength or better, 61% 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 Chesapeake Beach, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Chesapeake Beach is WTTG (Fox), 36 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WMAR-TV (ABC), 45 miles north, 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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Chesapeake Beach ranks 230th of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 34 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 Annapolis, 20 miles away.