TV channels & antenna towers in Spotswood, New Jersey

Spotswood is a town of about 8,480 people in New Jersey. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 80 licensed TV transmitters: 39 full-power, 9 Class A, 28 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 45 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 19 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 3 transmitters are within 25 miles, 41 between 25 and 45 miles, and 36 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 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 NE, at about 42°. The main network towers for Spotswood 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 30 miles northeast of Spotswood (42° NE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Spotswood is WABC-TV (ABC), 33 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.

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 45 stations at fair strength or better, Spotswood ranks 16th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 30 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 Old Bridge, 2.4 miles away.