TV channels & antenna towers in Holtville, Alabama

Holtville, Alabama has a population of about 4,100. Our map shows 49 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 19 full-power, 3 Class A, 26 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

11 of them are within 25 miles of Holtville, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 32 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 strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 32 (WNCF), CBS on channel 8 (WAKA), NBC on channel 12 (WSFA), Fox on channel 20 (WCOV-TV), 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 SW, at about 218°. The main network towers for Holtville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WAKA and WNCF, transmit from the same tower site about 43 miles southwest of Holtville (218° SW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Holtville at fair strength or better, 36% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Holtville is WAKA (CBS), 43 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WSFA (NBC), 47 miles south and WCOV-TV (Fox), 47 miles south, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 21 stations at fair strength or better, Holtville ranks 72nd of 314 places in Alabama: more than the typical Alabama town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 18 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 Prattville, 14 miles away.