TV channels & antenna towers in Princeton Junction, New Jersey

With roughly 2,470 residents, Princeton Junction is a small community in New Jersey. Our map shows 80 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 39 full-power, 9 Class A, 27 low-power and 5 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, 3 transmitters are within 25 miles, 57 between 25 and 45 miles, and 20 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 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 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). 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 WSW, at about 240°. The main network towers for Princeton Junction sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, WDPN-TV, WWSI, WCAU, WPVI-TV and WPPX-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 38 miles southwest of Princeton Junction (240° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 19 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Princeton Junction at fair strength or better, 47% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Princeton Junction is KYW-TV (CBS), 38 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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, Princeton Junction ranks 115th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 38 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 Princeton, 3.0 miles away.