TV channels & antenna towers in Union City, New Jersey

With roughly 69,200 residents, Union City is a city in New Jersey. Our map shows 56 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 21 full-power, 5 Class A, 25 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 39 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 32 at good or strong strength.

40 of them are within 25 miles of Union City, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 10 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 5 (WNYW), CW on channel 11 (WPIX), 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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 12 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 SSE, at about 164°. The main network towers for Union City 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 4.6 miles south of Union City (173° S). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Union City at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Union City is WNYW (Fox), 4.6 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WNYE-TV is only 2.5 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 39 stations at fair strength or better, Union City ranks 174th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 2.5 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

33% of New Jersey's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Manhattan, 3.0 miles away.