TV channels & antenna towers in Montgomery, New York

With roughly 4,610 residents, Montgomery is a town in New York. 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, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

4 of them are within 25 miles of Montgomery, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 49 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.

The best-placed network stations 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 (fair signal). 11 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 168°. The main network towers for Montgomery 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 57 miles south of Montgomery (168° SSE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Montgomery at fair strength or better, all arrive from the south, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Montgomery is WNYW (Fox), 57 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 20 stations at fair strength or better, Montgomery ranks 591st of 1,012 places in New York: fewer than the typical New York town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 55 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

24% of New York's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Middletown, 11 miles away.