TV channels & antenna towers in Silver Ridge, New Jersey

Silver Ridge, New Jersey has a population of about 1,130. There are 71 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 37 full-power, 8 Class A and 26 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 31 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 5 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 276°. The main network towers for Silver Ridge 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 54 miles west of Silver Ridge (276° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

The farthest main network tower for Silver Ridge is KYW-TV (CBS), 54 miles away with a good 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 31 stations at fair strength or better, Silver Ridge ranks 347th 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 Toms River, 1.2 miles away.