TV channels & antenna towers in Hometown, Pennsylvania

Hometown, Pennsylvania has a population of about 1,350. Our map shows 62 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 32 full-power, 10 Class A, 9 low-power and 11 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 3 transmitters are within 25 miles, 18 between 25 and 45 miles, and 41 farther out. Five of the 22 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia'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 43 (WPMT), CW on channel 56.2 (WOLF-TV), ION on channel 64 (WQPX-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 (fair signal) and Univision (good signal). 10 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 13°. The main network towers for Hometown sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WNEP-TV, WYOU, WBRE-TV and WOLF-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 25 miles north of Hometown (13° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hometown at fair strength or better, 43% 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 Hometown, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Hometown is WBRE-TV (NBC), 25 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WPMT (Fox), 57 miles southwest, 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Hometown ranks 510th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 25 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 Hazleton, 9.3 miles away.