TV channels & antenna towers in Smoke Rise, Alabama

With roughly 1,830 residents, Smoke Rise is a small community in Alabama. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 44 licensed TV transmitters: 18 full-power, 8 Class A, 16 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Smoke Rise, 19 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 23 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 68.2 (WABM), CBS on channel 42 (WIAT), NBC on channel 13 (WVTM-TV), 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 (fair 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 S, at about 178°. The main network towers for Smoke Rise 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 28 miles south of Smoke Rise (177° S). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Smoke Rise at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Smoke Rise is WIAT (CBS), 28 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Smoke Rise ranks 7th 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 Dixiana, 14 miles away.