TV channels & antenna towers in Central City, Kentucky

Central City is a town of about 5,890 people in Kentucky. There are 31 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 12 full-power, 4 Class A and 15 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 11 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Central City, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Evansville, IN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Evansville's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 25 (WEHT), NBC on channel 14 (WFIE), Fox on channel 44.2 (WEVV-TV), CW on channel 7 (WTVW), ION on channel 28 (WNPX-TV) and Telemundo on channel 34 (WBGS-CD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WTVF in Nashville, TN, 73 miles to the south. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal). 5 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 NNW, at about 331°. The main network towers for Central City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WBKO and WBGS-CD, transmit from the same tower site about 41 miles southeast of Central City (113° ESE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Central City at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Central City is WEVV-TV (Fox), 47 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 11 stations at fair strength or better, Central City ranks 166th of 275 places in Kentucky: fewer than the typical Kentucky town (13). Its nearest major network tower is 41 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

29% of Kentucky's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Owensboro, 33 miles away.