TV channels & antenna towers in Cullowhee, North Carolina

Cullowhee is a town of about 6,230 people in North Carolina. There are 77 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 11 low-power and 49 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

24 of them are within 25 miles of Cullowhee, 16 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 37 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 11 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), ION on channel 54 (WPXK-TV) and MeTV on channel 32.1 (WGTA). 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 ESE, at about 111°. The main network towers for Cullowhee 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 64 miles northwest of Cullowhee (318° NW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cullowhee at fair strength or better, 45% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cullowhee is WYFF (NBC), 35 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WATE-TV (ABC), 64 miles northwest and WVLT-TV (CBS), 64 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Cullowhee ranks 87th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 25 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, 40 miles away.