WLOV-TV (CW) · Channel 27

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 390 kW effective radiated power, WLOV-TV runs more power than 56% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 509 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 73% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 65 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 74 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 67 cities and towns in our guide with about 335,000 residents, as far as Oxford, MS (47 miles).

WLOV-TV shares its transmitter site with WTVA (ABC) and WEPH. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CW station in our data is WDBB in Bessemer, AL, 98 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.