TV channels & antenna towers in Kinston, North Carolina

With roughly 21,300 residents, Kinston is a city in North Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 30 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 4 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Kinston, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 12 (WCTI-TV), CBS on channel 17 (WNCN), NBC on channel 7 (WITN-TV), Fox on channel 50 (WRAZ), CW on channel 9.2 (WNCT-TV), ION on channel 38 (WEPX-TV) and Telemundo on channel 54 (WRTD-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 5 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

The main network towers around Kinston are in different directions: ABC 128° SE (18 mi) and NBC 56° NE (13 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Two network stations, WITN-TV and WNCT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 13 miles northeast of Kinston (56° NE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Kinston at fair strength or better, 58% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Kinston is WCTI-TV (ABC), 18 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WNCN (CBS), 60 miles northwest and WRAZ (Fox), 60 miles northwest, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

WITN-TV is only 13 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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Kinston ranks 179th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 13 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 Greenville, 27 miles away.