TV channels & antenna towers in Frankfort, Ohio

Frankfort is a small community of about 1,070 people in Ohio. There are 30 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 15 full-power, 5 Class A, 9 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Frankfort, 13 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 17 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Columbus, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Columbus's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 6 (WSYX), CBS on channel 10 (WBNS-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WCMH-TV), CW on channel 53 (WWHO), ION on channel 43 (WKOI-TV) and Telemundo on channel 23.3 (WQMC-LD). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WHIZ-TV in Zanesville, OH, 73 miles to the northeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal). 6 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 NNE, at about 12°. The main network towers for Frankfort sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WWHO and WSYX, transmit from the same tower site about 38 miles north of Frankfort (13° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Frankfort is WCMH-TV (NBC), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Frankfort ranks 485th of 686 places in Ohio: fewer than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 38 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 Chillicothe, 12 miles away.