TV channels & antenna towers in Denton, Maryland

Denton is a town of about 4,350 people in Maryland. There are 48 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 26 full-power, 6 Class A and 16 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 4 transmitters are within 25 miles, 10 between 25 and 45 miles, and 34 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 2 (WMAR-TV), CBS on channel 13 (WJZ-TV), NBC on channel 31 (WRDE-LD), Fox on channel 21.2 (WBOC-TV), PBS on channel 64 (WDPB), CW on channel 47.2 (WMDT), 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 (weak signal) and Univision (weak 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 SSE, at about 151°. The main network towers for Denton 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 WDME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 67 miles west of Denton (274° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Denton at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Denton is WBOC-TV (Fox), 28 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WMAR-TV (ABC), 54 miles northwest, WJZ-TV (CBS), 54 miles northwest and WBAL-TV (NBC), 54 miles northwest, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Denton ranks 308th of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 20 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 Dover, 25 miles away.