TV channels & antenna towers in Hokes Bluff, Alabama

Hokes Bluff, Alabama has a population of about 4,300. There are 34 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 4 Class A, 11 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 2 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 4 between 25 and 45 miles, and 30 farther out. Five of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Huntsville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Huntsville's stations.

The strongest network signals here 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 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 (very weak signal). 4 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 323°. The main network towers for Hokes Bluff sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WVTM-TV, WTBM-CD, WBRC, WIAT and WPXH-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 64 miles southwest of Hokes Bluff (237° WSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hokes Bluff at fair strength or better, 45% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hokes Bluff is WHNT-TV (CBS), 64 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Hokes Bluff ranks 173rd of 314 places in Alabama: fewer than the typical Alabama town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 36 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, 8.1 miles away.