TV channels & antenna towers in Augusta, Georgia

With roughly 43,500 residents, Augusta is a town in Georgia. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 20 licensed TV transmitters: 7 full-power, 2 Class A and 11 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 13 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Augusta, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 4 are more than 45 miles out. Augusta is a broadcast hub in its own right: five of the 6 network stations in range are licensed here.

The strongest network signals here are CBS on channel 12 (WRDW-TV), NBC on channel 26 (WAGT-CD), Fox on channel 54 (WFXG), CW on channel 6.3 (WJBF), ION on channel 47 (WZRB) and Telemundo on channel 17 (WGAT-LD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WOLO-TV in Columbia, SC, 83 miles to the northeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 3 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 ESE, at about 118°. The main network towers for Augusta sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WRDW-TV, WFXG, WAGT-CD and WJBF, transmit from the same tower site about 8.7 miles southeast of Augusta (119° ESE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Augusta at fair strength or better, all arrive from the southeast, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Augusta is WAGT-CD (NBC), 9.3 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WAAU-LD is only 2.1 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 13 stations at fair strength or better, Augusta ranks 226th of 386 places in Georgia: fewer than the typical Georgia town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 8.7 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

29% of Georgia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.