TV channels & antenna towers in Cedar Bluff, Alabama

Cedar Bluff, Alabama has a population of about 1,800. There are 28 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 3 Class A, 7 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 9 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 3 between 25 and 45 miles, and 25 farther out. Five of the 13 network stations in range are licensed to Huntsville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Huntsville's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 31 (WAAY-TV), CBS on channel 19 (WHNT-TV), NBC on channel 48 (WAFF), Fox on channel 54 (WZDX), CW on channel 53 (WFLI-TV), ION on channel 14 (WPXA-TV), Telemundo on channel 29 (WTHV-LD) and Trinity on channel 23 (WELF-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 5 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 NW, at about 304°. The main network towers for Cedar Bluff sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WAFF, WZDX, WAAY-TV and WHNT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 63 miles northwest of Cedar Bluff (303° WNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cedar Bluff at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cedar Bluff is WHNT-TV (CBS), 64 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 9 stations at fair strength or better, Cedar Bluff ranks 269th of 314 places in Alabama: fewer than the typical Alabama town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 43 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

28% of Alabama's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Rome, 25 miles away.