TV channels & antenna towers in Kemp Mill, Maryland

With roughly 12,600 residents, Kemp Mill is a city in Maryland. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 44 licensed TV transmitters: 24 full-power, 6 Class A, 13 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 35 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 27 at good or strong strength.

25 of them are within 25 miles of Kemp Mill, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles 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.

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). 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 SSW, at about 210°. The main network towers for Kemp Mill 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 WTTG and others, transmit from the same tower site about 6.9 miles southwest of Kemp Mill (208° SSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Kemp Mill is WRC-TV (NBC), 7.6 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WHUT-TV is only 6.9 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 35 stations at fair strength or better, Kemp Mill ranks 1st of 346 places in Maryland: more than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 6.9 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 Wheaton, 1.9 miles away.