TV channels & antenna towers in McCaysville, Georgia

With roughly 1,080 residents, McCaysville is a small community in Georgia. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 47 licensed TV transmitters: 11 full-power, 5 Class A, 10 low-power and 21 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 2 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of McCaysville, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 36 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Chattanooga, TN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chattanooga's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 9 (WTVC), CBS on channel 12 (WDEF-TV), NBC on channel 3 (WRCB), CW on channel 53 (WFLI-TV), ION on channel 14 (WPXA-TV), MeTV on channel 32.1 (WGTA) and Trinity on channel 23 (WELF-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WTNZ in Knoxville, TN, 74 miles to the north. 4 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 WNW, at about 282°. The main network towers for McCaysville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WRCB, WDEF-TV, WTVC and WFLI-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 55 miles west of McCaysville (283° WNW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach McCaysville at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

WTVC (ABC) lies beyond the radio horizon of its transmitter as seen from McCaysville. Past that point signals fade quickly, so antenna height matters more than amplification.

The farthest main network tower for McCaysville is WTVC (ABC), 55 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 12 stations at fair strength or better, McCaysville ranks 257th of 386 places in Georgia: fewer than the typical Georgia town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 49 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

34% of Georgia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Cleveland, 31 miles away.