TV channels & antenna towers in Roessleville, New York

Roessleville, New York has a population of about 10,800. There are 30 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 11 full-power, 3 Class A, 9 low-power and 7 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

11 of them are within 25 miles of Roessleville, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Albany, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Albany's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 10 (WTEN), CBS on channel 6 (WRGB), NBC on channel 13 (WNYT), Fox on channel 23 (WXXA-TV), CW on channel 45 (WCWN) and ION on channel 55 (WYPX-TV). 3 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 WSW, at about 245°. The main network towers for Roessleville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WYPX-TV, WXXA-TV, WCWN, WNYT and WRGB and others, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles west of Roessleville (248° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Roessleville at fair strength or better, 71% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Roessleville is WXXA-TV (Fox), 11 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.

WYPX-TV is only 11 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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Roessleville ranks 797th of 1,012 places in New York: fewer than the typical New York town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 11 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

34% of New York's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is West Albany, 1.7 miles away.