TV channels & antenna towers in Glen Alpine, North Carolina

With roughly 1,500 residents, Glen Alpine is a small community in North Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 67 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 4 Class A, 8 low-power and 34 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

6 of them are within 25 miles of Glen Alpine, 20 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 41 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 14 network stations in range are licensed to Charlotte, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Charlotte's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 11.2 (WJHL-TV), 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). 8 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 SE, at about 127°. The main network towers for Glen Alpine 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 42 miles southeast of Glen Alpine (127° SE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Glen Alpine is WJZY (Fox), 43 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WJHL-TV (ABC), 53 miles north, 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 21 stations at fair strength or better, Glen Alpine ranks 142nd of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 42 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 Hickory, 25 miles away.