TV channels & antenna towers in Red Lion, Pennsylvania

Red Lion is a town of about 6,320 people in Pennsylvania. There are 33 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 1 Class A, 13 low-power and 3 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.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Red Lion, 19 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Baltimore, MD, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Baltimore's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 2 (WMAR-TV), CBS on channel 13 (WJZ-TV), NBC on channel 8 (WGAL), Fox on channel 45 (WBFF), CW on channel 21.3 (WHP-TV) and Univision on channel 15 (WXBU). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (good signal). 6 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

The main network towers around Red Lion are in different directions: ABC 183° S (39 mi), CBS 183° S (39 mi), NBC 356° N (9.2 mi) and Fox 183° S (39 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Five network stations, WNUV, WBFF, WJZ-TV, WMAR-TV and WBAL-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 39 miles south of Red Lion (183° S). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Red Lion at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Red Lion is WJZ-TV (CBS), 39 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WLZH-LD is only 1.3 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, Red Lion ranks 639th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 9.2 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 York, 7.7 miles away.