A communal television receiving system may include a common wireless distributing apparatus performing a scanning operation for a wireless local area network (WLAN) communications module included in a preset WLAN communications network, determining transmission power with the WLAN communications module transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) signal for the scanning operation, converting a received television signal into a WLAN signal having the determined transmission power, and transmitting the WLAN signal, and first to Nth wireless residential apparatuses transmitting the ACK signal as a response to the scanning operation, receiving the WLAN signal from the common wireless distributing apparatus, and outputting the television signal.