WCCB (MeTV) · Channel 18.3

Full-power stations are the main licensed broadcasters in a market. They may run the highest power from the tallest towers and are protected from interference, so they set the core of what you can receive.

At 963 kW effective radiated power, WCCB runs more power than 79% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 364 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 48% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 57 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 69 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 173 cities and towns in our guide with about 2,610,000 residents, as far as Winston-Salem, NC (64 miles).

WCCB shares its transmitter site with WAXN-TV and WSOC-TV (ABC). One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other MeTV station in our data is WAPK-CD in Bristol Va/Kingsport, TN, 112 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

MeTV (Memorable Entertainment Television) is a free over-the-air network of classic TV series from the 1950s through the 1990s. It is often carried on a subchannel of a local station.