TV channels & antenna towers in Manchester, Ohio

Manchester is a small community of about 2,050 people in Ohio. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 43 licensed TV transmitters: 20 full-power, 2 Class A, 17 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Manchester, 20 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 13 network stations in range are licensed to Cleveland, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Cleveland's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 5 (WEWS-TV), CBS on channel 19 (WOIO), NBC on channel 3 (WKYC), Fox on channel 27.2 (WKBN-TV), 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 (weak signal) and Univision (good signal). 9 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 NNW, at about 347°. The main network towers for Manchester sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WJW, WEWS-TV, WOIO, WQHS-DT and WBNX-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 30 miles north of Manchester (346° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Manchester at fair strength or better, 70% 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 Manchester, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Manchester is WKYC (NBC), 32 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WKBN-TV (Fox), 49 miles east, 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.

WDLI-TV is only 8.3 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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Manchester ranks 135th of 686 places in Ohio: more than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 8.3 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 Green, 4.5 miles away.