TV channels & antenna towers in Lakehurst, New Jersey

Lakehurst is a town of about 2,690 people in New Jersey. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 74 licensed TV transmitters: 37 full-power, 9 Class A, 26 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 35 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 64 farther out. Six of the 19 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 strongest network signals here 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). 19 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 W, at about 273°. The main network towers for Lakehurst 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 49 miles west of Lakehurst (272° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 18 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lakehurst at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lakehurst is KYW-TV (CBS), 49 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 35 stations at fair strength or better, Lakehurst ranks 290th of 537 places in New Jersey: fewer than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 49 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 Toms River, 7.3 miles away.