TV channels & antenna towers in Bishopville, South Carolina

With roughly 3,270 residents, Bishopville is a town in South Carolina. Our map shows 24 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 15 full-power, 8 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Bishopville, 13 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 Columbia, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Columbia's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 25 (WOLO-TV), CBS on channel 19 (WLTX), Fox on channel 57 (WACH), CW on channel 15.2 (WPDE-TV), ION on channel 47 (WZRB) and Telemundo on channel 63.2 (WKTC). No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WMBF-TV in Myrtle Beach, SC, 75 miles to the southeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 6 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 WSW, at about 256°. The main network towers for Bishopville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WIS, WACH, WKTC, WOLO-TV and WLTX, transmit from the same tower site about 30 miles west of Bishopville (258° WSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Bishopville at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Bishopville is WLTX (CBS), 31 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Bishopville ranks 63rd of 244 places in South Carolina: more than the typical South Carolina town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 30 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

59% of South Carolina's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Sumter, 21 miles away.