TV channels & antenna towers in Central City, Pennsylvania

With roughly 1,070 residents, Central City is a small community in Pennsylvania. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 38 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 8 Class A, 8 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 10 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Central City, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 31 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Pittsburgh, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Pittsburgh's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 23 (WATM-TV), CBS on channel 10 (WTAJ-TV), NBC on channel 11 (WPXI), Fox on channel 53 (WPGH-TV), CW on channel 6.4 (WJAC-TV) and ION on channel 47.4 (WKBS-TV). 6 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 NNE, at about 31°. The main network towers for Central City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WTAJ-TV, WATM-TV and WKBS-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 37 miles northeast of Central City (31° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Central City at fair strength or better, 40% 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 Central City, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Central City is WATM-TV (ABC), 37 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WPXI (NBC), 68 miles west and WPGH-TV (Fox), 69 miles northwest, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 10 stations at fair strength or better, Central City ranks 908th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 19 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 Cumberland, 32 miles away.