TV channels & antenna towers in Icard, North Carolina

With roughly 2,660 residents, Icard is a town in North Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 50 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 4 Class A, 4 low-power and 25 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Icard, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 37 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 9 (WSOC-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). 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 SSE, at about 146°. The main network towers for Icard sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WBTV, WMYT-TV, WJZY and WCNC-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 30 miles southeast of Icard (147° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Icard at fair strength or better, 60% 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 Icard, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Icard is WCNC-TV (NBC), 31 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WSOC-TV (ABC), 53 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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Icard ranks 258th of 465 places in North Carolina: fewer than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 30 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, 7.3 miles away.