WDBB (CW) · Channel 17

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 675 kW effective radiated power, WDBB runs more power than 68% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 637 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 91% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 72 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 82 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 153 cities and towns in our guide with about 1,380,000 residents, as far as Decatur, AL (82 miles).

WDBB shares its transmitter site with WSES. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CW station in our data is WTTO in Homewood, AL, 36 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

The CW is a commercial broadcast network carrying entertainment series and a growing slate of sports. In smaller markets it often runs as a subchannel of another station rather than its own transmitter.