TV channels & antenna towers in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

With roughly 3,070 residents, Mount Pocono is a town in Pennsylvania. Our map shows 35 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 13 full-power, 4 Class A, 7 low-power and 11 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Mount Pocono, 23 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Scranton, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Scranton's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 16 (WNEP-TV), CBS on channel 22 (WYOU), NBC on channel 28 (WBRE-TV), CW on channel 56.2 (WOLF-TV), ION on channel 64 (WQPX-TV) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WICZ-TV in Binghamton, NY, 71 miles to the northwest. 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 W, at about 279°. The main network towers for Mount Pocono 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 27 miles west of Mount Pocono (279° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Mount Pocono at fair strength or better, 57% 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 Mount Pocono, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Mount Pocono is WBRE-TV (NBC), 27 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Mount Pocono ranks 815th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 27 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, 25 miles away.