TV channels & antenna towers in Orchard Hills, Pennsylvania

Orchard Hills is a small community of about 1,950 people in Pennsylvania. There are 40 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 20 full-power, 10 Class A, 6 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Orchard Hills, 13 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 16 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). 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 WSW, at about 245°. The main network towers for Orchard Hills 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 26 miles west of Orchard Hills (256° WSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Orchard Hills at fair strength or better, 33% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Orchard Hills is KDKA-TV (CBS), 26 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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Orchard Hills ranks 257th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: more 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 Plum, 13 miles away.