TV channels & antenna towers in Hopatcong, New Jersey

Hopatcong, New Jersey has a population of about 14,500. There are 94 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 43 full-power, 12 Class A, 31 low-power and 8 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 33 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

8 of them are within 25 miles of Hopatcong, 37 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 49 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 26 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 16 (WNEP-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WCBS-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WNBC), Fox on channel 5 (WNYW), CW on channel 56.2 (WOLF-TV), ION on channel 31 (WPXN-TV), Telemundo on channel 47 (WNJU), Univision on channel 41 (WXTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 18 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 ESE, at about 114°. The main network towers for Hopatcong 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 37 miles southeast of Hopatcong (114° ESE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hopatcong at fair strength or better, 31% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hopatcong is WNYW (Fox), 37 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WNEP-TV (ABC), 65 miles west, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

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 33 stations at fair strength or better, Hopatcong ranks 314th of 537 places in New Jersey: fewer than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 37 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 Parsippany, 13 miles away.