TV channels & antenna towers in Five Points, Ohio

With roughly 1,820 residents, Five Points is a small community in Ohio. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 36 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 4 Class A, 9 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Five Points, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 16 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 16 network stations in range are licensed to Cincinnati, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Cincinnati'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 (weak signal). 8 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

The main network towers around Five Points are in different directions: ABC 343° NNW (11 mi), CBS 346° NNW (12 mi), NBC 342° NNW (11 mi) and Fox 212° SSW (36 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Five network stations, WKOI-TV, WBDT, WDTN, WKEF and WHIO-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles north of Five Points (342° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Five Points at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Five Points is WXIX-TV (Fox), 36 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.

WKOI-TV is only 11 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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Five Points ranks 294th of 686 places in Ohio: the same as the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Centerville, 4.5 miles away.