TV channels & antenna towers in Cleveland, Alabama

Cleveland is a small community of about 1,320 people in Alabama. There are 38 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 5 Class A, 13 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Cleveland, 20 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 16 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 16 network stations in range are licensed to Birmingham, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Birmingham's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 68.2 (WABM), CBS on channel 42 (WIAT), NBC on channel 48 (WAFF), Fox on channel 6 (WBRC), CW on channel 21 (WTTO), ION on channel 44 (WPXH-TV), Telemundo on channel 24 (WTBM-CD) and Trinity on channel 60 (WTJP-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (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 SSW, at about 201°. The main network towers for Cleveland sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WVTM-TV, WTBM-CD, WBRC, WABM and WTTO and others, transmit from the same tower site about 37 miles south of Cleveland (200° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cleveland at fair strength or better, 54% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cleveland is WIAT (CBS), 37 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WAFF (NBC), 50 miles north, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

WTJP-TV is only 14 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 17 stations at fair strength or better, Cleveland ranks 125th of 314 places in Alabama: more than the typical Alabama town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 14 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 Dixiana, 18 miles away.