TV channels & antenna towers in Amherst, Ohio

With roughly 12,100 residents, Amherst is a town in Ohio. Our map shows 39 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 19 full-power, 3 Class A, 14 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Amherst, 23 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Cleveland, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Cleveland's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 5 (WEWS-TV), CBS on channel 19 (WOIO), NBC on channel 3 (WKYC), Fox on channel 8 (WJW), CW on channel 55 (WBNX-TV), ION on channel 23 (WVPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 6 (WTCL-LD) and Univision on channel 61 (WQHS-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (good signal). 8 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 E, at about 93°. The main network towers for Amherst sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WOIO, WEWS-TV, WJW, WQHS-DT and WBNX-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 26 miles east of Amherst (93° E). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Amherst at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Amherst is WKYC (NBC), 28 miles away with a good 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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Amherst ranks 294th of 686 places in Ohio: the same as the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 26 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

58% of Ohio's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Lorain, 4.3 miles away.