TV channels & antenna towers in Iva, South Carolina

Iva is a small community of about 1,280 people in South Carolina. There are 32 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 9 full-power, 1 Class A, 14 low-power and 8 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 10 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Iva, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 27 are more than 45 miles out. Two of the 5 network stations in range are licensed to Greenville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Greenville's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are CBS on channel 7 (WSPA-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WYFF), Fox on channel 21 (WHNS), CW on channel 62 (WYCW) and MeTV on channel 32.1 (WGTA). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WLOS in Asheville, NC, 77 miles to the north. 4 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 N, at about 7°. The main network towers for Iva sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WYCW and WSPA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 63 miles north of Iva (19° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Iva at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Iva is WSPA-TV (CBS), 63 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 10 stations at fair strength or better, Iva ranks 229th of 244 places in South Carolina: fewer than the typical South Carolina town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 45 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

22% of South Carolina's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Anderson, 14 miles away.