TV channels & antenna towers in Morganton, North Carolina

Morganton is a town of about 16,700 people in North Carolina. There are 68 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 22 full-power, 4 Class A, 8 low-power and 34 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Morganton, 14 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 49 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.

The best-placed network stations 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). 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 SE, at about 133°. The main network towers for Morganton 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 38 miles southeast of Morganton (133° SE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Morganton 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 Morganton, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Morganton is WCNC-TV (NBC), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WSOC-TV (ABC), 63 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Morganton ranks 87th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 38 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, 19 miles away.