TV channels & antenna towers in Williamson, New York

With roughly 2,500 residents, Williamson is a small community in New York. Our map shows 31 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 13 full-power, 7 Class A, 10 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 9 transmitters are within 25 miles, 2 between 25 and 45 miles, and 20 farther out. Five of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Syracuse, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Syracuse's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 9 (WSYR-TV), CBS on channel 8 (WROC-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WHEC-TV), Fox on channel 31 (WUHF), CW on channel 13.2 (WHAM-TV) and ION on channel 56 (WSPX-TV). 4 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 253°. The main network towers for Williamson sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WHEC-TV, WROC-TV, WHAM-TV and WUHF, transmit from the same tower site about 21 miles west of Williamson (253° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Williamson at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Williamson is WUHF (Fox), 21 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WSYR-TV (ABC), 62 miles east, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Williamson ranks 670th of 1,012 places in New York: fewer than the typical New York town (23). Its nearest major network tower is 21 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 Brighton, 19 miles away.