TV channels & antenna towers in Winterville, North Carolina

Winterville is a town of about 9,460 people in North Carolina. There are 31 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 4 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 7 transmitters are within 25 miles, 8 between 25 and 45 miles, and 16 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 12 (WCTI-TV), CBS on channel 17 (WNCN), NBC on channel 7 (WITN-TV), Fox on channel 50 (WRAZ), CW on channel 9.2 (WNCT-TV), ION on channel 38 (WEPX-TV) and Telemundo on channel 54 (WRTD-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 7 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 S, at about 175°. The main network towers for Winterville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WITN-TV and WNCT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles south of Winterville (178° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Winterville at fair strength or better, 55% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Winterville is WCTI-TV (ABC), 30 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WNCN (CBS), 64 miles west and WRAZ (Fox), 64 miles west, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for those.

WITN-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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Winterville ranks 116th 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.

57% of North Carolina's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Greenville, 6.1 miles away.