TV channels & antenna towers in Ancient Oaks, Pennsylvania

Ancient Oaks is a town of about 6,660 people in Pennsylvania. There are 62 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 34 full-power, 9 Class A, 11 low-power and 8 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

6 of them are within 25 miles of Ancient Oaks, 26 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 30 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 20 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 16 (WNEP-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WCAU), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), CW on channel 17 (WPHL-TV), ION on channel 61 (WPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 65 (WUVP-DT) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 14 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 SSE, at about 152°. The main network towers for Ancient Oaks sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, WPVI-TV, WPPX-TV, KYW-TV, WUVP-DT and WPHL-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 39 miles southeast of Ancient Oaks (152° SSE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 17 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Ancient Oaks at fair strength or better, 53% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Ancient Oaks is WTXF-TV (Fox), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WNEP-TV (ABC), 46 miles north, 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.

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 26 stations at fair strength or better, Ancient Oaks ranks 332nd of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: more than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 7.9 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

44% of Pennsylvania's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Allentown, 6.7 miles away.