TV channels & antenna towers in Wilsons Mills, North Carolina

With roughly 2,280 residents, Wilsons Mills is a small community in North Carolina. Our map shows 41 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 19 full-power, 7 Class A and 15 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 15 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 20 farther out. Four of the 11 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 WNW, at about 302°. The main network towers for Wilsons Mills 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 11 miles northwest of Wilsons Mills (303° WNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Wilsons Mills 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 Wilsons Mills, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Wilsons Mills is WTVD (ABC), 12 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WRAL-TV is only 11 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 25 stations at fair strength or better, Wilsons Mills ranks 35th of 465 places in North Carolina: more than the typical North Carolina town (19). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Garner, 17 miles away.