TV channels & antenna towers in Selma, North Carolina

With roughly 6,310 residents, Selma is a town in North Carolina. Our map shows 42 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 20 full-power, 7 Class A and 15 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 12 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 21 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 (strong signal) and Univision (good signal). 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 NW, at about 305°. The main network towers for Selma sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WTVD, WRAL-TV, WRTD-CD, WNCN and WRAZ and others, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles northwest of Selma (303° WNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Selma at fair strength or better, 55% 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 Selma, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Selma is WRAZ (Fox), 17 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WARZ-LD is only 1.1 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Selma ranks 61st of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 Goldsboro, 19 miles away.