TV channels & antenna towers in Avalon, Pennsylvania

Avalon is a town of about 4,640 people in Pennsylvania. There are 41 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 11 Class A, 8 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 20 at good or strong strength.

18 of them are within 25 miles of Avalon, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 19 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 14 network stations in range are licensed to Pittsburgh, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Pittsburgh's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 4 (WTAE-TV), CBS on channel 2 (KDKA-TV), NBC on channel 11 (WPXI), Fox on channel 53 (WPGH-TV), CW on channel 22 (WPNT) and ION on channel 16 (WINP-TV). 5 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 ESE, at about 116°. The main network towers for Avalon sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KDKA-TV, WPGH-TV and WPNT, transmit from the same tower site about 2.6 miles east of Avalon (101° E). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Avalon at fair strength or better, 33% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Avalon is WTAE-TV (ABC), 21 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

KDKA-TV is only 2.6 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Avalon ranks 288th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: more than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 2.6 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

37% of Pennsylvania's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Pittsburgh, 5.6 miles away.