TV channels & antenna towers in Southport, North Carolina

With roughly 3,480 residents, Southport is a town 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, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Southport, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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, 91 miles to the northeast. No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WBTW in Florence, SC, 81 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 NNW, at about 327°. The main network towers for Southport 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 17 miles northwest of Southport (327° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Southport at fair strength or better, 60% 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 Southport, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Southport is WSFX-TV (Fox), 17 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor 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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Southport ranks 328th of 465 places in North Carolina: fewer 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 Wilmington, 21 miles away.