TV channels & antenna towers in Forest City, North Carolina

Forest City, North Carolina has a population of about 7,280. Our map shows 63 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 20 full-power, 2 Class A, 8 low-power and 33 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

6 of them are within 25 miles of Forest City, 25 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 32 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Charlotte, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Charlotte's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 13 (WLOS), CBS on channel 3 (WBTV), NBC on channel 36 (WCNC-TV), Fox on channel 46 (WJZY), CW on channel 55 (WMYT-TV) and MeTV on channel 18.3 (WCCB). 9 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 E, at about 87°. The main network towers for Forest City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WBTV, WCNC-TV, WMYT-TV and WJZY, transmit from the same tower site about 38 miles east of Forest City (87° E). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Forest City at fair strength or better, 55% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Forest City is WJZY (Fox), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WLOS (ABC), 51 miles west, 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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Forest City ranks 258th of 465 places in North Carolina: fewer than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 27 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 Shelby, 19 miles away.