TV channels & antenna towers in Jessup, Pennsylvania

With roughly 4,500 residents, Jessup is a town in Pennsylvania. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 34 licensed TV transmitters: 15 full-power, 5 Class A, 4 low-power and 10 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

8 of them are within 25 miles of Jessup, 7 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 38 (WSWB), ION on channel 64 (WQPX-TV) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). 5 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 SW, at about 219°. The main network towers for Jessup 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 25 miles southwest of Jessup (219° SW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Jessup at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Jessup is WBRE-TV (NBC), 26 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WICZ-TV (Fox), 45 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.

WQPX-TV is only 8.8 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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Jessup ranks 737th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 8.8 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, 6.7 miles away.