TV channels & antenna towers in Montgomery Village, Maryland

Montgomery Village is a city of about 32,000 people in Maryland. There are 49 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 26 full-power, 6 Class A, 15 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 34 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 22 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Montgomery Village, 13 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 14 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). 10 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 Montgomery Village are in different directions: ABC 69° ENE (31 mi), CBS 158° SSE (17 mi), NBC 159° SSE (17 mi), Fox 162° SSE (15 mi) and PBS 158° SSE (17 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

11 network stations, WTTG, WPXW-TV, WJLA-TV, WHUT-TV and WUSA and others, transmit from the same tower site about 15 miles south of Montgomery Village (162° SSE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Montgomery Village is WMAR-TV (ABC), 31 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.

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 34 stations at fair strength or better, Montgomery Village ranks 22nd of 346 places in Maryland: more than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 15 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 Gaithersburg, 2.3 miles away.