TV channels & antenna towers in Bowmansville, Pennsylvania

Bowmansville, Pennsylvania has a population of about 2,080. Our map shows 61 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 36 full-power, 9 Class A, 12 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 29 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Bowmansville, 31 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 29 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 24 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia's stations.

The best-placed network stations 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 21.3 (WHP-TV), ION on channel 61 (WPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 15 (WXBU) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 12 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 104°. The main network towers for Bowmansville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, KYW-TV, WPVI-TV, WPPX-TV, WUVP-DT and WPHL-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 42 miles east of Bowmansville (104° ESE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 18 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Bowmansville at fair strength or better, 50% 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 Bowmansville, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Bowmansville is WCAU (NBC), 43 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WNEP-TV (ABC), 69 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 29 stations at fair strength or better, Bowmansville ranks 204th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: more than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 34 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 Reading, 11 miles away.