TV channels & antenna towers in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Wright-Patterson AFB is a small community of about 1,820 people in Ohio. There are 44 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 24 full-power, 8 Class A, 11 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Wright-Patterson AFB, 1 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 33 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 19 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 22 (WKEF), CBS on channel 7 (WHIO-TV), NBC on channel 2 (WDTN), Fox on channel 19 (WXIX-TV), CW on channel 26 (WBDT), ION on channel 43 (WKOI-TV) and Telemundo on channel 25 (WBQC-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 10 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 WSW, at about 241°. The main network towers for Wright-Patterson AFB sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WHIO-TV, WKEF, WDTN, WKOI-TV and WBDT, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles southwest of Wright-Patterson AFB (242° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Wright-Patterson AFB at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Wright-Patterson AFB is WDTN (NBC), 12 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WXIX-TV (Fox), 54 miles southwest, 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.

WHIO-TV is only 11 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, Wright-Patterson AFB ranks 135th of 686 places in Ohio: more than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 11 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

27% of Ohio's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Fairborn, 2.1 miles away.