TV channels & antenna towers in Oak Island, North Carolina

Oak Island is a town of about 7,510 people in North Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 26 licensed TV transmitters: 8 full-power, 2 Class A and 16 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

13 of them are within 25 miles of Oak Island, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Wilmington, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Wilmington's stations.

The strongest network signals here are NBC on channel 6 (WECT), Fox on channel 26 (WSFX-TV), CW on channel 3.3 (WWAY), ION on channel 35 (WPXU-TV), Telemundo on channel 31 (WTWL-LD) and MeTV on channel 10.2 (WILM-LD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WCTI-TV in New Bern, NC, 95 miles to the northeast. No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WBTW in Florence, SC, 73 miles to the northwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal). 2 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 N, at about 354°. The main network towers for Oak Island sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WWAY, WECT and WSFX-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 15 miles north of Oak Island (354° N). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Oak Island at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Oak Island is WSFX-TV (Fox), 15 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WWAY is only 15 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Oak Island ranks 302nd of 465 places in North Carolina: fewer than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 15 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 Wilmington, 25 miles away.