TV channels & antenna towers in Clark, New Jersey

With roughly 14,600 residents, Clark is a city in New Jersey. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 79 licensed TV transmitters: 39 full-power, 9 Class A, 27 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 44 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 41 transmitters are within 25 miles, 5 between 25 and 45 miles, and 33 farther out. Six of the 20 network stations in range are licensed to New York, NY, so most of the network channels you will find here come from New York's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 7 (WABC-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WCBS-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WNBC), Fox on channel 5 (WNYW), CW on channel 11 (WPIX), ION on channel 31 (WPXN-TV), Telemundo on channel 47 (WNJU), Univision on channel 41 (WXTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 33.1 (WJLP). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (good signal). 20 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 ENE, at about 71°. The main network towers for Clark sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WCBS-TV, WNYW, WNBC, WNJU and WPXN-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 16 miles east of Clark (72° ENE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Clark at fair strength or better, 40% 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 Clark, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Clark is WABC-TV (ABC), 19 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 44 stations at fair strength or better, Clark ranks 34th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 16 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

33% of New Jersey's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Westfield, 2.3 miles away.