TV channels & antenna towers in Lindenhurst, New York

With roughly 27,300 residents, Lindenhurst is a city in New York. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 53 licensed TV transmitters: 23 full-power, 6 Class A, 23 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Lindenhurst, 39 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to New York, 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 (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 13 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 274°. The main network towers for Lindenhurst 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 34 miles west of Lindenhurst (273° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lindenhurst at fair strength or better, 90% 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 Lindenhurst, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Lindenhurst is WNYW (Fox), 34 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 25 stations at fair strength or better, Lindenhurst ranks 475th of 1,012 places in New York: more than the typical New York town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 31 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

42% of New York's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Brentwood, 9.3 miles away.