TV channels & antenna towers in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey

Egg Harbor City is a town of about 4,240 people in New Jersey. There are 31 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 5 Class A and 8 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Egg Harbor City, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 23 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, PA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 6 (WPVI-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WCAU), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), CW on channel 17 (WPHL-TV), 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). 9 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 NW, at about 319°. The main network towers for Egg Harbor City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, WDPN-TV, WWSI, WCAU, WTXF-TV and WUVP-DT and others, transmit from the same tower site about 47 miles northwest of Egg Harbor City (319° NW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Egg Harbor City at fair strength or better, all arrive from the northwest, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Egg Harbor City is WPVI-TV (ABC), 48 miles away with a fair 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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Egg Harbor City ranks 484th of 537 places in New Jersey: fewer than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 47 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

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