TV channels & antenna towers in Trainer, Pennsylvania

Trainer is a small community of about 1,840 people in Pennsylvania. There are 43 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 23 full-power, 6 Class A, 11 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 29 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Trainer, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Philadelphia, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Philadelphia's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 6 (WPVI-TV), CBS on channel 3 (KYW-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WCAU), Fox on channel 29 (WTXF-TV), CW on channel 17 (WPHL-TV), ION on channel 61 (WPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 62 (WWSI), Univision on channel 65 (WUVP-DT) and MeTV on channel 2.1 (WDPN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 12 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 NNE, at about 32°. The main network towers for Trainer sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, WTXF-TV, KYW-TV, WUVP-DT, WPHL-TV and WDPN-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles northeast of Trainer (32° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Trainer at fair strength or better, 90% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Trainer is WPVI-TV (ABC), 18 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 29 stations at fair strength or better, Trainer ranks 204th of 1,015 places in Pennsylvania: more than the typical Pennsylvania town (24). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 Chester, 3.4 miles away.