TV channels & antenna towers in Sidney, Ohio

Sidney is a town of about 20,900 people in Ohio. There are 40 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 10 Class A, 11 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Sidney, 16 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 23 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 15 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 8.2 (WLIO), CW on channel 26 (WBDT), ION on channel 43 (WKOI-TV) and Telemundo on channel 23.3 (WQMC-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very 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 Sidney are in different directions: ABC 188° S (39 mi), CBS 187° S (38 mi), NBC 188° S (39 mi) and Fox 3° N (34 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Five network stations, WHIO-TV, WKEF, WDTN, WKOI-TV and WBDT, transmit from the same tower site about 38 miles south of Sidney (187° S). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sidney at fair strength or better, 63% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Sidney is WDTN (NBC), 39 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, Sidney ranks 509th of 686 places in Ohio: fewer than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 13 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 Springfield, 31 miles away.