TV channels & antenna towers in Centreville, Alabama

With roughly 2,700 residents, Centreville is a town in Alabama. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 47 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 6 Class A, 22 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 24 between 25 and 45 miles, and 23 farther out. Six of the 14 network stations in range are licensed to Birmingham, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Birmingham's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 68.2 (WABM), CBS on channel 42 (WIAT), NBC on channel 13 (WVTM-TV), Fox on channel 6 (WBRC), CW on channel 21 (WTTO), ION on channel 44 (WPXH-TV), Telemundo on channel 15 (WBXM-CD) and Trinity on channel 45 (WMCF-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal). 6 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 NNE, at about 26°. The main network towers for Centreville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WIAT, WPXH-TV, WABM, WTTO and WTBM-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 41 miles northeast of Centreville (26° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Centreville at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Centreville is WVTM-TV (NBC), 42 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 16 stations at fair strength or better, Centreville ranks 143rd of 314 places in Alabama: the same as the typical Alabama town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 32 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

43% of Alabama's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Alabaster, 27 miles away.