TV channels & antenna towers in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Nanticoke is a city of about 10,300 people in Pennsylvania. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 39 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 6 Class A, 4 low-power and 13 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

16 of them are within 25 miles of Nanticoke, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 19 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 12 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 56.2 (WOLF-TV), 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 ESE, at about 103°. The main network towers for Nanticoke sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WYOU, WBRE-TV, WNEP-TV and WOLF-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 7.0 miles east of Nanticoke (103° ESE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Nanticoke at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Nanticoke is WNEP-TV (ABC), 7.2 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WICZ-TV (Fox), 59 miles north, 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.

WVIA-TV is only 7.2 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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Nanticoke ranks 639th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 7.0 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 Wilkes-Barre, 7.0 miles away.