TV channels & antenna towers in Sand Hill, Pennsylvania

Sand Hill is a small community of about 2,500 people in Pennsylvania. There are 57 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 31 full-power, 10 Class A, 12 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Sand Hill, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 43 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 20 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 16 (WNEP-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 8 (WGAL), Fox on channel 43 (WPMT), CW on channel 21.3 (WHP-TV), ION on channel 61 (WPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 15 (WXBU) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (strong signal). 11 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 Sand Hill are in different directions: NBC 204° SSW (25 mi) and Fox 268° W (23 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Three network stations, WPMT, WXBU and WHP-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 23 miles west of Sand Hill (268° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sand Hill at fair strength or better, 36% 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 Sand Hill, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Sand Hill is WGAL (NBC), 25 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WNEP-TV (ABC), 64 miles northeast and KYW-TV (CBS), 66 miles east, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Sand Hill ranks 510th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 23 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 Lebanon, 1.7 miles away.