TV channels & antenna towers in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland

Hillcrest Heights is a town of about 16,500 people in Maryland. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 44 licensed TV transmitters: 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 24 at good or strong strength.

24 of them are within 25 miles of Hillcrest Heights, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 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 7 (WJLA-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.

Point your antenna NW, at about 320°. The main network towers for Hillcrest Heights 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 9.9 miles northwest of Hillcrest Heights (319° NW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest Heights, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Hillcrest Heights is WTTG (Fox), 12 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WDCW is only 9.9 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, Hillcrest Heights ranks 112th of 346 places in Maryland: the same as the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 9.9 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

22% of Maryland's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Suitland-Silver Hill, 2.0 miles away.