TV channels & antenna towers in Emmitsburg, Maryland

With roughly 3,020 residents, Emmitsburg is a town in Maryland. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 54 licensed TV transmitters: 30 full-power, 6 Class A, 16 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Emmitsburg, 21 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 33 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 2 (WMAR-TV), CBS on channel 13 (WJZ-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WRC-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 48.1 (WDME-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (good signal). 10 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 SE, at about 125°. The main network towers for Emmitsburg 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 44 miles southeast of Emmitsburg (125° SE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 18 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Emmitsburg at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Emmitsburg is WJZ-TV (CBS), 44 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WRC-TV (NBC), 54 miles south and WETA-TV (PBS), 54 miles south, 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Emmitsburg ranks 245th of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 40 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 Frederick, 21 miles away.