TV channels & antenna towers in Spencerville, Ohio

With roughly 2,200 residents, Spencerville is a small community in Ohio. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 39 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 6 Class A, 14 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 13 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 7 transmitters are within 25 miles, 3 between 25 and 45 miles, and 29 farther out. Four of the 13 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.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 35 (WOHL-CD), CBS on channel 15 (WANE-TV), NBC on channel 2 (WDTN), Fox on channel 8.2 (WLIO), CW on channel 33 (WISE-TV) and ION on channel 43 (WKOI-TV). 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 ENE, at about 69°. The main network towers for Spencerville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WLIO and WOHL-CD, transmit from the same tower site about 13 miles east of Spencerville (69° ENE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Spencerville 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 Spencerville, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Spencerville is WLIO (Fox), 13 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WANE-TV (CBS), 51 miles northwest and WDTN (NBC), 69 miles south, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 13 stations at fair strength or better, Spencerville ranks 538th 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 Lima, 13 miles away.