TV channels & antenna towers in Butner, North Carolina

Butner is a town of about 7,750 people in North Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 35 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 6 Class A and 12 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Butner, 16 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 (good 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 SSE, at about 158°. The main network towers for Butner sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WRAL-TV, WRTD-CD, WNCN, WRAZ and WLFL and others, transmit from the same tower site about 34 miles south of Butner (158° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

The farthest main network tower for Butner is WRAZ (Fox), 34 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WXLV-TV (ABC), 62 miles west and WFMY-TV (CBS), 63 miles west, 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Butner ranks 61st of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 34 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

57% of North Carolina's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Durham, 12 miles away.