TV channels & antenna towers in Friendly, Maryland

Friendly is a town of about 9,250 people in Maryland. There are 44 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 24 full-power, 6 Class A and 14 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 32 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 19 at good or strong strength.

21 of them are within 25 miles of Friendly, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 are more than 45 miles out. Nine of the 18 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 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 Friendly are in different directions: ABC 24° NNE (44 mi), CBS 338° NNW (15 mi), NBC 337° NNW (14 mi), Fox 335° NNW (16 mi) and PBS 338° NNW (15 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 14 miles northwest of Friendly (337° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Friendly at fair strength or better, 44% 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 Friendly, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Friendly is WMAR-TV (ABC), 44 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.

WDCW is only 14 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, Friendly ranks 112th of 346 places in Maryland: the same as the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 14 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, 3.1 miles away.