TV channels & antenna towers in Rye, New York

With roughly 16,000 residents, Rye is a town in New York. Our map shows 67 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 29 full-power, 8 Class A, 26 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 13 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Rye, 24 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 21 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 17 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 (good signal). 15 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 SW, at about 223°. The main network towers for Rye 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 25 miles southwest of Rye (223° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Rye at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Rye is WNYW (Fox), 25 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 42 stations at fair strength or better, Rye ranks 17th of 1,012 places in New York: more than the typical New York town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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 White Plains, 5.5 miles away.