TV channels & antenna towers in Coats, North Carolina

Coats is a small community of about 2,410 people in North Carolina. There are 35 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 13 full-power, 8 Class A, 13 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

11 of them are within 25 miles of Coats, 14 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 8 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 11 (WTVD), CBS on channel 17 (WNCN), 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 (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 NNE, at about 24°. The main network towers for Coats 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 20 miles northeast of Coats (23° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Coats at fair strength or better, 88% 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 Coats, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Coats is WRAZ (Fox), 20 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Coats ranks 116th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 19 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 Fuquay-Varina, 14 miles away.