TV channels & antenna towers in Maricao, Puerto Rico

With roughly 1,170 residents, Maricao is a small community in Puerto Rico. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 68 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 5 Class A, 40 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 39 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 34 transmitters are within 25 miles, 10 between 25 and 45 miles, and 24 farther out.

The best-placed network stations are NBC on channel 2.3 (WKAQ-TV), Fox on channel 30.2 (WSJP-LD) and Telemundo on channel 2.12 (WNJX-TV). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WCVI-TV in Christiansted, VI, 151 miles to the east. No CBS affiliate is listed within 250 miles of Maricao. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal). 18 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 E, at about 94°. The main network towers for Maricao sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Of the 3 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Maricao at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Maricao is WKAQ-TV (NBC), 61 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WNTE-LD is only 2.3 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 39 stations at fair strength or better, Maricao ranks 139th of 219 places in Puerto Rico: fewer than the typical Puerto Rico town (41). Its nearest major network tower is 2.3 miles away, against a state median of 15 miles.

42% of Puerto Rico's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Mayagüez, 11 miles away.