TV channels & antenna towers in Hartsville, South Carolina

Hartsville is a town of about 7,830 people in South Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 33 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 2 Class A, 12 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Hartsville, 13 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 25 (WOLO-TV), CBS on channel 19 (WLTX), Fox on channel 43 (WFXB), 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, 72 miles to the southeast. 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 WSW, at about 245°. The main network towers for Hartsville 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 43 miles southwest of Hartsville (246° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hartsville at fair strength or better, 63% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hartsville is WLTX (CBS), 44 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WFXB (Fox), 52 miles east, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is 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 that one.

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, Hartsville ranks 90th of 244 places in South Carolina: more than the typical South Carolina town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 42 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 Florence, 22 miles away.