TV channels & antenna towers in Fanwood, New Jersey

With roughly 7,650 residents, Fanwood is a town 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, 45 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

41 of them are within 25 miles of Fanwood, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 33 are more than 45 miles 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 (good 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 74°. The main network towers for Fanwood 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 20 miles east of Fanwood (75° ENE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 17 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fanwood at fair strength or better, 53% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fanwood is WABC-TV (ABC), 22 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 45 stations at fair strength or better, Fanwood ranks 16th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 20 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

50% of New Jersey's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Scotch Plains, 1.1 miles away.