TV channels & antenna towers in Keyport, New Jersey

With roughly 7,150 residents, Keyport is a town in New Jersey. Our map shows 80 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 39 full-power, 9 Class A, 28 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 40 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 32 transmitters are within 25 miles, 11 between 25 and 45 miles, and 37 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 best-placed network stations 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 NNE, at about 27°. The main network towers for Keyport 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 22 miles northeast of Keyport (27° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Keyport at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Keyport is WABC-TV (ABC), 24 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 40 stations at fair strength or better, Keyport ranks 115th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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 Perth Amboy, 6.2 miles away.