TV channels & antenna towers in Big Bass Lake, Pennsylvania

Big Bass Lake is a small community of about 1,270 people in Pennsylvania. There are 37 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 5 Class A, 4 low-power and 11 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

14 of them are within 25 miles of Big Bass Lake, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 19 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 56.2 (WOLF-TV), ION on channel 64 (WQPX-TV) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-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 WSW, at about 257°. The main network towers for Big Bass Lake 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 21 miles west of Big Bass Lake (257° WSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Big Bass Lake at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Big Bass Lake is WBRE-TV (NBC), 21 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WICZ-TV (Fox), 60 miles northwest, 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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Big Bass Lake ranks 737th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 18 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 Scranton, 15 miles away.