TV channels & antenna towers in Nelson, Georgia

With roughly 1,350 residents, Nelson is a small community in Georgia. Our map shows 52 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 16 full-power, 7 Class A, 22 low-power and 7 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Nelson, 32 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 17 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 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), MeTV on channel 32.1 (WGTA) and Trinity on channel 63 (WHSG-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (good 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 S, at about 178°. The main network towers for Nelson sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WUPA, WUVG-DT, WPCH-TV and WAGA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 40 miles south of Nelson (177° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Nelson at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Nelson is WXIA-TV (NBC), 43 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Nelson ranks 102nd of 386 places in Georgia: more than the typical Georgia town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 Canton, 12 miles away.