TV channels & antenna towers in Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Seaside Heights, New Jersey has a population of about 2,890. Our map shows 73 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 37 full-power, 8 Class A and 28 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 7 between 25 and 45 miles, and 65 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 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 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 (fair 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 N, at about 4°. The main network towers for Seaside Heights 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 62 miles west of Seaside Heights (277° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Seaside Heights at fair strength or better, 53% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Seaside Heights is WABC-TV (ABC), 56 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Seaside Heights ranks 453rd of 537 places in New Jersey: fewer than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 53 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 Bayville, 5.0 miles away.