TV channels & antenna towers in Brecksville, Ohio

With roughly 13,400 residents, Brecksville is a town in Ohio. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 40 licensed TV transmitters: 18 full-power, 2 Class A, 16 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 19 at good or strong strength.

23 of them are within 25 miles of Brecksville, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 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 (good signal) and Univision (strong 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 NW, at about 312°. The main network towers for Brecksville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WJW, WKYC, WBNX-TV, WQHS-DT and WEWS-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 5.5 miles northwest of Brecksville (303° WNW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Brecksville at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Brecksville is WOIO (CBS), 6.3 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WVIZ is only 5.6 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Brecksville ranks 11th of 686 places in Ohio: more than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 5.5 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

27% of Ohio's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is North Royalton, 5.1 miles away.