TV channels & antenna towers in Buies Creek, North Carolina

Buies Creek is a town of about 2,940 people in North Carolina. There are 40 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 8 Class A, 13 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Buies Creek, 14 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 14 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Raleigh, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Raleigh's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 45 (WXLV-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WFMY-TV), NBC on channel 5 (WRAL-TV), Fox on channel 50 (WRAZ), CW on channel 22 (WLFL), ION on channel 47 (WRPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 54 (WRTD-CD) and Univision on channel 40 (WUVC-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 7 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 NNE, at about 33°. The main network towers for Buies Creek sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WTVD, WRAL-TV, WRTD-CD, WNCN and WRAZ and others, transmit from the same tower site about 21 miles northeast of Buies Creek (33° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Buies Creek at fair strength or better, 58% 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 Buies Creek, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Buies Creek is WRAZ (Fox), 22 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WXLV-TV (ABC), 69 miles northwest and WFMY-TV (CBS), 70 miles northwest, 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Buies Creek ranks 6th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 15 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

19% of North Carolina's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Fuquay-Varina, 12 miles away.