TV channels & antenna towers in Dayton, Ohio

With roughly 141,000 residents, Dayton is a city in Ohio. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 42 licensed TV transmitters: 23 full-power, 6 Class A, 11 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Dayton, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 30 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Columbus, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Columbus's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 22 (WKEF), CBS on channel 7 (WHIO-TV), NBC on channel 2 (WDTN), Fox on channel 19 (WXIX-TV), CW on channel 26 (WBDT), ION on channel 43 (WKOI-TV) and Telemundo on channel 25 (WBQC-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 10 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 235°. The main network towers for Dayton sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WHIO-TV, WKEF, WDTN, WKOI-TV and WBDT, transmit from the same tower site about 3.5 miles southwest of Dayton (240° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Dayton at fair strength or better, 67% 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 Dayton, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Dayton is WDTN (NBC), 4.4 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WXIX-TV (Fox), 48 miles southwest, 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.

WHIO-TV is only 3.5 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Dayton ranks 369th of 686 places in Ohio: fewer than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 3.5 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 Cincinnati, 47 miles away.