TV channels & antenna towers in Morganville, New Jersey

Morganville, New Jersey has a population of about 5,040. 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, 39 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Morganville, 38 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 37 are more than 45 miles 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 strongest network signals here 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 17 (WPHL-TV), 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 28°. The main network towers for Morganville 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 26 miles northeast of Morganville (27° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 17 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Morganville at fair strength or better, 53% 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 Morganville, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Morganville is WABC-TV (ABC), 29 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic 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 39 stations at fair strength or better, Morganville ranks 174th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 26 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 Marlboro, 4.2 miles away.