TV channels & antenna towers in Owings Mills, Maryland

With roughly 30,600 residents, Owings Mills is a city in Maryland. Our map shows 56 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 30 full-power, 6 Class A, 18 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 30 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 9 transmitters are within 25 miles, 29 between 25 and 45 miles, and 18 farther out. Nine of the 22 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 13 (WJZ-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WRC-TV), Fox on channel 45 (WBFF), PBS on channel 26 (WETA-TV), CW on channel 54 (WNUV), 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 (good signal) and Univision (good 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 Owings Mills are in different directions: ABC 130° SE (9.1 mi), CBS 130° SE (9.1 mi), NBC 206° SSW (37 mi), Fox 129° SE (9.1 mi) and PBS 206° SSW (36 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 36 miles southwest of Owings Mills (209° SSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 19 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Owings Mills at fair strength or better, 53% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Owings Mills is WRC-TV (NBC), 37 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.

WMPB is only 1.9 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 30 stations at fair strength or better, Owings Mills ranks 202nd of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 9.1 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 Ellicott City, 11 miles away.