TV channels & antenna towers in Rising Sun, Maryland

With roughly 2,860 residents, Rising Sun is a town in Maryland. Our map shows 61 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 36 full-power, 6 Class A, 16 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 29 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Rising Sun, 12 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 48 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 20 network stations in range are licensed to Baltimore, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Baltimore's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 2 (WMAR-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WCAU), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), CW on channel 54 (WNUV), ION on channel 61 (WPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 65 (WUVP-DT) and MeTV on channel 2.1 (WDPN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 16 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 Rising Sun are in different directions: ABC 231° SW (40 mi), CBS 61° ENE (50 mi), NBC 61° ENE (50 mi) and Fox 61° ENE (50 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Five network stations, WNUV, WBFF, WJZ-TV, WMAR-TV and WBAL-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 40 miles southwest of Rising Sun (232° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 18 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Rising Sun at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Rising Sun is WCAU (NBC), 50 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 29 stations at fair strength or better, Rising Sun ranks 214th of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 38 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

12% of Maryland's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Newark, 17 miles away.