TV channels & antenna towers in Nashville, North Carolina

With roughly 5,460 residents, Nashville is a town in North Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 37 licensed TV transmitters: 19 full-power, 5 Class A and 13 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 5 transmitters are within 25 miles, 15 between 25 and 45 miles, and 17 farther 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.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 11 (WTVD), CBS on channel 17 (WNCN), NBC on channel 5 (WRAL-TV), Fox on channel 50 (WRAZ), CW on channel 22 (WLFL), ION on channel 47 (WRPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 54 (WRTD-CD) and Univision on channel 40 (WUVC-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 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 WSW, at about 237°. The main network towers for Nashville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WRAL-TV, WRTD-CD, WNCN, WRAZ and WLFL and others, transmit from the same tower site about 38 miles southwest of Nashville (237° WSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Nashville at fair strength or better, 73% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Nashville is WTVD (ABC), 38 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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, Nashville ranks 142nd of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 14 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 Rocky Mount, 10 miles away.