TV channels & antenna towers in Fort Lee, New Jersey

Fort Lee is a town of about 36,700 people in New Jersey. There are 58 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 23 full-power, 5 Class A, 25 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 40 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 24 at good or strong strength.

40 of them are within 25 miles of Fort Lee, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 11 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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 13 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 SSW, at about 192°. The main network towers for Fort Lee 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 9.8 miles south of Fort Lee (193° SSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Fort Lee is WNYW (Fox), 9.8 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WNYE-TV is only 6.6 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 40 stations at fair strength or better, Fort Lee ranks 115th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 6.6 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 Washington Heights, 1.8 miles away.