TV channels & antenna towers in Cove Creek, North Carolina

Cove Creek is a small community of about 1,170 people in North Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 82 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 3 Class A, 11 low-power and 51 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

16 of them are within 25 miles of Cove Creek, 26 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 40 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Knoxville, TN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Knoxville's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 6 (WATE-TV), CBS on channel 8 (WVLT-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WYFF), Fox on channel 21 (WHNS), CW on channel 62 (WYCW) and ION on channel 54 (WPXK-TV). 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 SSE, at about 147°. The main network towers for Cove Creek sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WBIR-TV, WPXK-TV, WATE-TV, WTNZ and WVLT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 59 miles northwest of Cove Creek (298° WNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cove Creek at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cove Creek is WYFF (NBC), 41 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WATE-TV (ABC), 59 miles northwest and WVLT-TV (CBS), 59 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 25 stations at fair strength or better, Cove Creek ranks 35th 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 Asheville, 26 miles away.