TV channels & antenna towers in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania has a population of about 5,450. There are 44 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 22 full-power, 6 Class A, 11 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 29 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 23 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Fort Washington, 12 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 10 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 6 (WPVI-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WCAU), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), CW on channel 17 (WPHL-TV), ION on channel 61 (WPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 65 (WUVP-DT) and MeTV on channel 2.1 (WDPN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong 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 SSW, at about 193°. The main network towers for Fort Washington sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, WPVI-TV, WPPX-TV, WDPN-TV, WWSI and WCAU and others, transmit from the same tower site about 6.9 miles south of Fort Washington (194° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fort Washington at fair strength or better, 90% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fort Washington is WTXF-TV (Fox), 7.2 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WPPX-TV is only 6.9 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 29 stations at fair strength or better, Fort Washington ranks 204th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: more than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 6.9 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 Norristown, 7.1 miles away.