TV channels & antenna towers in Midland Park, New Jersey

Midland Park, New Jersey has a population of about 7,330. Our map shows 58 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 23 full-power, 5 Class A, 25 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 38 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 39 transmitters are within 25 miles, 7 between 25 and 45 miles, and 12 farther 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.

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). 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 SSE, at about 159°. The main network towers for Midland Park 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 south of Midland Park (161° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Midland Park at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Midland Park is WNYW (Fox), 20 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.

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 38 stations at fair strength or better, Midland Park ranks 225th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 18 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 Ridgewood, 1.4 miles away.