TV channels & antenna towers in Sumter, South Carolina

With roughly 40,800 residents, Sumter is a town in South Carolina. Our map shows 27 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 13 full-power and 14 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Sumter, 13 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 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 best-placed network stations 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, 74 miles to the east. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 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 WNW, at about 299°. The main network towers for Sumter sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WLTX, WIS, WACH, WKTC and WOLO-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 27 miles northwest of Sumter (297° WNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sumter at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Sumter is WACH (Fox), 28 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WRJA-TV is only 4.9 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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Sumter ranks 111th of 244 places in South Carolina: the same as the typical South Carolina town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 27 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 Columbia, 40 miles away.