TV channels & antenna towers in Fairmont, North Carolina

Fairmont is a town of about 2,700 people in North Carolina. There are 38 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 12 full-power, 5 Class A, 19 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 8 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 21 farther out. Four of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Wilmington, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Wilmington's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are CBS on channel 13 (WBTW), NBC on channel 6 (WECT), Fox on channel 43 (WFXB), CW on channel 15.2 (WPDE-TV), Telemundo on channel 14 (WXIV-LD) and MeTV on channel 10.2 (WILM-LD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WTVD in Durham, NC, 87 miles to the north. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 5 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 SSW, at about 212°. The main network towers for Fairmont sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WBTW and WPDE-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 15 miles southwest of Fairmont (233° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fairmont at fair strength or better, 43% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

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

WECT (NBC), 59 miles southeast, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is 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 that one.

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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Fairmont ranks 302nd of 465 places in North Carolina: fewer 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 Lumberton, 10 miles away.