TV channels & antenna towers in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville, North Carolina has a population of about 202,000. There are 43 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 7 Class A, 17 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Fayetteville, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 34 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.

The best-placed network stations 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), Univision on channel 40 (WUVC-DT) and MeTV on channel 10.2 (WILM-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 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 NNE, at about 25°. The main network towers for Fayetteville 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 47 miles northeast of Fayetteville (24° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fayetteville at fair strength or better, 64% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fayetteville is WRAZ (Fox), 47 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WDRN-LD is only 2.8 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 23 stations at fair strength or better, Fayetteville ranks 87th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 32 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

24% of North Carolina's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna.