TV channels & antenna towers in Fairburn, Georgia

With roughly 14,000 residents, Fairburn is a town in Georgia. Our map shows 39 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 14 full-power, 5 Class A, 19 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 25 transmitters are within 25 miles, 8 between 25 and 45 miles, and 6 farther out. Five of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Atlanta, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Atlanta's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 2 (WSB-TV), CBS on channel 69 (WUPA), NBC on channel 11 (WXIA-TV), Fox on channel 5 (WAGA-TV), CW on channel 17 (WPCH-TV), ION on channel 14 (WPXA-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 (fair signal) and Univision (strong 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 NE, at about 43°. The main network towers for Fairburn sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WAGA-TV, WUPA, WUVG-DT and WPCH-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 21 miles northeast of Fairburn (42° NE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fairburn at fair strength or better, 89% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fairburn is WUPA (CBS), 22 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Fairburn ranks 39th of 386 places in Georgia: more than the typical Georgia town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 18 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

29% of Georgia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is East Point, 11 miles away.