TV channels & antenna towers in Forest Oaks, North Carolina

With roughly 3,890 residents, Forest Oaks is a town in North Carolina. Our map shows 38 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 19 full-power, 5 Class A, 12 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 6 transmitters are within 25 miles, 7 between 25 and 45 miles, and 25 farther out. Four of the 13 network stations in range are licensed to Raleigh, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Raleigh's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 45 (WXLV-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WFMY-TV), NBC on channel 12 (WXII-TV), Fox on channel 8 (WGHP), CW on channel 20 (WCWG), ION on channel 16 (WGPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 54 (WRTD-CD) and Univision on channel 40 (WUVC-DT). 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 SW, at about 218°. The main network towers for Forest Oaks sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WXLV-TV, WGPX-TV and WFMY-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles southwest of Forest Oaks (218° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Forest Oaks at fair strength or better, 46% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Forest Oaks is WGHP (Fox), 14 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WXII-TV (NBC), 46 miles northwest, 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.

WXLV-TV is only 11 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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Forest Oaks ranks 116th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Greensboro, 7.6 miles away.