TV channels & antenna towers in Southmont, Pennsylvania

Southmont is a small community of about 2,180 people in Pennsylvania. There are 42 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 10 Class A, 10 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

4 of them are within 25 miles of Southmont, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 31 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 11 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 23 (WATM-TV), CBS on channel 10 (WTAJ-TV), NBC on channel 11 (WPXI), Fox on channel 53 (WPGH-TV), CW on channel 6.4 (WJAC-TV) and ION on channel 16 (WINP-TV). 7 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 NE, at about 56°. The main network towers for Southmont sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WATM-TV, WTAJ-TV and WKBS-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 32 miles northeast of Southmont (55° NE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Southmont at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Southmont is WTAJ-TV (CBS), 32 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WPXI (NBC), 57 miles west and WPGH-TV (Fox), 58 miles west, 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.

WJAC-TV is only 4.8 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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Southmont ranks 815th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 4.8 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 Altoona, 32 miles away.