TV channels & antenna towers in South Bound Brook, New Jersey

South Bound Brook is a town of about 4,620 people in New Jersey. There are 80 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 39 full-power, 9 Class A, 28 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 40 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 19 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 5 transmitters are within 25 miles, 41 between 25 and 45 miles, and 34 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 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 29 (WTXF-TV), 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 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 ENE, at about 67°. The main network towers for South Bound Brook 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 29 miles east of South Bound Brook (68° ENE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for South Bound Brook is WABC-TV (ABC), 32 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WTXF-TV (Fox), 51 miles southwest, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

WNJB is only 4.9 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 40 stations at fair strength or better, South Bound Brook ranks 115th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 29 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 Somerset, 4.5 miles away.