TV channels & antenna towers in Walkersville, Maryland

Walkersville is a town of about 5,990 people in Maryland. There are 55 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 31 full-power, 6 Class A, 16 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 36 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 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 (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 11 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 Walkersville are in different directions: ABC 105° ESE (39 mi), CBS 158° SSE (40 mi), NBC 159° SSE (40 mi), Fox 160° SSE (38 mi) and PBS 158° SSE (40 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 38 miles south of Walkersville (160° SSE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Walkersville is WRC-TV (NBC), 40 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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Walkersville ranks 230th of 346 places in Maryland: fewer than the typical Maryland town (32). Its nearest major network tower is 28 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 Frederick, 5.9 miles away.