TV channels & antenna towers in Rockford, Ohio

Rockford is a small community of about 1,110 people in Ohio. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 35 licensed TV transmitters: 14 full-power, 5 Class A, 14 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Rockford, 16 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 14 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Fort Wayne, IN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Fort Wayne's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 21 (WPTA), CBS on channel 15 (WANE-TV), Fox on channel 55 (WFFT-TV) and CW on channel 33 (WISE-TV). No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WDTN in Dayton, OH, 70 miles to the south. 7 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 316°. The main network towers for Rockford sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WANE-TV, WISE-TV, WPTA and WFFT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 40 miles northwest of Rockford (315° NW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Rockford at fair strength or better, 57% 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 Rockford, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Rockford is WFFT-TV (Fox), 41 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.

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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Rockford ranks 509th of 686 places in Ohio: fewer than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 26 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 Lima, 29 miles away.