TV channels & antenna towers in Orange Beach, Alabama

Orange Beach is a town of about 5,850 people in Alabama. There are 25 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 14 full-power, 2 Class A and 9 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

13 of them are within 25 miles of Orange Beach, 8 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 4 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Mobile, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Mobile's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 3 (WEAR-TV), CBS on channel 5 (WKRG-TV), Fox on channel 10 (WALA-TV), PBS on channel 23 (WSRE), CW on channel 55 (WFNA), Telemundo on channel 31 (WMBP-LD) and Trinity on channel 21 (WMPV-TV). No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WJHG-TV in Panama City, FL, 130 miles to the east. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal). 8 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 NNW, at about 342°. The main network towers for Orange Beach sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WSRE, WMPV-TV and WEAR-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 22 miles north of Orange Beach (355° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Orange Beach at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Orange Beach is WKRG-TV (CBS), 31 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Orange Beach ranks 108th of 314 places in Alabama: more than the typical Alabama town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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 Bellview, 19 miles away.