TV channels & antenna towers in Hopkins, South Carolina

Hopkins is a town of about 2,880 people in South Carolina. There are 27 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 14 full-power, 2 Class A and 11 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

9 of them are within 25 miles of Hopkins, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 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), NBC on channel 26 (WAGT-CD), Fox on channel 57 (WACH), CW on channel 10.2 (WIS), ION on channel 47 (WZRB) and Telemundo on channel 63.2 (WKTC). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal). 5 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 NNE, at about 25°. The main network towers for Hopkins sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WLTX, WACH, WKTC, WOLO-TV and WIS, transmit from the same tower site about 15 miles northeast of Hopkins (26° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hopkins at fair strength or better, 63% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hopkins is WACH (Fox), 16 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WAGT-CD (NBC), 65 miles southwest, 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.

WLTX is only 15 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Hopkins ranks 189th of 244 places in South Carolina: fewer than the typical South Carolina town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 12 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

18% of South Carolina's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Columbia, 11 miles away.