TV channels & antenna towers in Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania

Pine Grove Mills is a small community of about 1,500 people in Pennsylvania. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 26 licensed TV transmitters: 12 full-power, 2 Class A, 9 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Pine Grove Mills, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 18 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Altoona, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Altoona's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 23 (WATM-TV), CBS on channel 10 (WTAJ-TV), Fox on channel 43 (WPMT), CW on channel 21.3 (WHP-TV), ION on channel 47.4 (WKBS-TV) and Univision on channel 15 (WXBU). No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WGAL in Lancaster, PA, 82 miles to the southeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (good signal). 3 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 249°. The main network towers for Pine Grove Mills sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WKBS-TV, WTAJ-TV and WATM-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 31 miles west of Pine Grove Mills (249° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Pine Grove Mills at fair strength or better, 43% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Pine Grove Mills is WATM-TV (ABC), 31 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WPMT (Fox), 60 miles southeast, 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.

W26EQ-D is only 1.2 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Pine Grove Mills ranks 875th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 31 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 State College, 4.3 miles away.