TV channels & antenna towers in Mount Olive, North Carolina

With roughly 4,730 residents, Mount Olive is a town in North Carolina. Our map shows 50 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 19 full-power, 7 Class A and 24 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Mount Olive, 20 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 29 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Raleigh, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Raleigh's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 11 (WTVD), CBS on channel 17 (WNCN), NBC on channel 7 (WITN-TV), Fox on channel 50 (WRAZ), CW on channel 22 (WLFL), ION on channel 38 (WEPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 54 (WRTD-CD), Univision on channel 40 (WUVC-DT) and MeTV on channel 10.2 (WILM-LD). 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.

The main network towers around Mount Olive are in different directions: ABC 321° NW (42 mi), CBS 322° NW (42 mi), NBC 73° ENE (40 mi) and Fox 322° NW (42 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Six network stations, WTVD, WRAL-TV, WRTD-CD, WNCN and WRAZ and others, transmit from the same tower site about 42 miles northwest of Mount Olive (321° NW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Mount Olive is WRAZ (Fox), 42 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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, Mount Olive ranks 142nd of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 40 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 Goldsboro, 14 miles away.