TV channels & antenna towers in Union, New Jersey

Union is a city of about 56,800 people in New Jersey. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 77 licensed TV transmitters: 37 full-power, 9 Class A, 27 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 42 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

41 of them are within 25 miles of Union, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 29 are more than 45 miles 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 (good signal). 18 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 E, at about 83°. The main network towers for Union 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 13 miles east of Union (85° E). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Union at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Union is WABC-TV (ABC), 15 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WCBS-TV is only 13 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 42 stations at fair strength or better, Union ranks 80th of 537 places in New Jersey: more than the typical New Jersey town (37). Its nearest major network tower is 13 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 Elizabeth, 3.6 miles away.