TV channels & antenna towers in Nixon, Pennsylvania

With roughly 1,370 residents, Nixon is a small community in Pennsylvania. Our map shows 39 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 17 full-power, 10 Class A, 8 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

15 of them are within 25 miles of Nixon, 12 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 14 network stations in range are licensed to Pittsburgh, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Pittsburgh's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 4 (WTAE-TV), CBS on channel 2 (KDKA-TV), NBC on channel 11 (WPXI), Fox on channel 53 (WPGH-TV), CW on channel 22 (WPNT) and ION on channel 16 (WINP-TV). 4 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 S, at about 186°. The main network towers for Nixon sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WPGH-TV, WPNT and KDKA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 20 miles south of Nixon (191° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Nixon at fair strength or better, 55% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Nixon is WTAE-TV (ABC), 35 miles away with a good 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Nixon ranks 455th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: the same as the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 20 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 Cranberry Township, 12 miles away.