TV channels & antenna towers in Towamensing Trails, Pennsylvania

Towamensing Trails is a small community of about 2,290 people in Pennsylvania. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 53 licensed TV transmitters: 26 full-power, 9 Class A, 7 low-power and 11 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

8 of them are within 25 miles of Towamensing Trails, 16 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 29 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 16 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 16 (WNEP-TV), CBS on channel 22 (WYOU), NBC on channel 28 (WBRE-TV), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), CW on channel 56.2 (WOLF-TV), ION on channel 64 (WQPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 65 (WUVP-DT) and MeTV on channel 69.3 (WFMZ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (weak signal). 10 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 NW, at about 309°. The main network towers for Towamensing Trails sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WOLF-TV, WNEP-TV, WYOU and WBRE-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 19 miles northwest of Towamensing Trails (309° NW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Towamensing Trails at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Towamensing Trails is WBRE-TV (NBC), 19 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WTXF-TV (Fox), 69 miles south, 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.

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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Towamensing Trails ranks 639th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: fewer than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 19 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 Hazleton, 21 miles away.