TV channels & antenna towers in Fort Payne, Alabama

With roughly 14,200 residents, Fort Payne is a city in Alabama. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 34 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 7 Class A and 11 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Fort Payne, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 31 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 12 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 WNW, at about 293°. The main network towers for Fort Payne 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 50 miles west of Fort Payne (292° WNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fort Payne at fair strength or better, 45% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fort Payne is WHNT-TV (CBS), 50 miles away with a good 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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Fort Payne ranks 159th of 314 places in Alabama: fewer than the typical Alabama town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 31 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 Gadsden, 34 miles away.