TV channels & antenna towers in Barnesville, Georgia

Barnesville is a town of about 6,630 people in Georgia. There are 66 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 23 full-power, 7 Class A, 34 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 13 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 15 between 25 and 45 miles, and 50 farther out. Five of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Atlanta, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Atlanta's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 24.2 (WGXA), CBS on channel 69 (WUPA), NBC on channel 41 (WMGT-TV), Fox on channel 5 (WAGA-TV), CW on channel 17 (WPCH-TV), ION on channel 58.3 (WPGA-TV), Telemundo on channel 47 (WKTB-CD), Univision on channel 34 (WUVG-DT) and Trinity on channel 63 (WHSG-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (good 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 ESE, at about 121°. The main network towers for Barnesville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WMGT-TV, WMAZ-TV, WGXA and WPGA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 40 miles southeast of Barnesville (121° ESE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Barnesville at fair strength or better, 47% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Barnesville is WGXA (ABC), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WUPA (CBS), 53 miles north and WAGA-TV (Fox), 52 miles north, 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Barnesville ranks 65th of 386 places in Georgia: more than the typical Georgia town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 40 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

37% of Georgia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Griffin, 15 miles away.