TV channels & antenna towers in Forest Heights, Maryland

With roughly 2,570 residents, Forest Heights is a town in Maryland. Our map shows 41 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 23 full-power, 6 Class A and 12 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 32 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 24 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 22 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 10 farther out. Nine of the 17 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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 8 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

The main network towers around Forest Heights are in different directions: ABC 27° NNE (41 mi), CBS 336° NNW (11 mi), NBC 334° NNW (10 mi), Fox 332° NNW (12 mi) and PBS 336° NNW (11 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

11 network stations, WDCW, WRC-TV, WZDC-CD, WFDC-DT and WDME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 10 miles northwest of Forest Heights (334° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Forest Heights at fair strength or better, 69% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Forest Heights is WMAR-TV (ABC), 41 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.

WDCW is only 10 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 32 stations at fair strength or better, Forest Heights ranks 112th of 346 places in Maryland: the same as the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 10 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 Oxon Hill-Glassmanor, 1.5 miles away.