TV channels & antenna towers in Avoca, Pennsylvania

Avoca is a town of about 2,660 people in Pennsylvania. There are 38 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 15 full-power, 6 Class A, 3 low-power and 14 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

14 of them are within 25 miles of Avoca, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 22 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Scranton, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Scranton's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 16 (WNEP-TV), CBS on channel 22 (WYOU), NBC on channel 28 (WBRE-TV), Fox on channel 40 (WICZ-TV), CW on channel 38 (WSWB), ION on channel 64 (WQPX-TV) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-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 SSW, at about 213°. The main network towers for Avoca sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WOLF-TV, WNEP-TV, WYOU and WBRE-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 13 miles southwest of Avoca (213° SSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Avoca at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Avoca is WBRE-TV (NBC), 13 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WICZ-TV (Fox), 51 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.

WQPX-TV is only 6.6 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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Avoca ranks 549th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 6.6 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 Scranton, 6.1 miles away.