TV channels & antenna towers in Ware Shoals, South Carolina

With roughly 2,180 residents, Ware Shoals is a small community in South Carolina. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 31 licensed TV transmitters: 9 full-power, 1 Class A, 11 low-power and 10 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 8 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 2 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 20 farther 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.

The best-placed network stations 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 NNW, at about 343°. The main network towers for Ware Shoals 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 53 miles north of Ware Shoals (357° N). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Ware Shoals at fair strength or better, 75% 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 Ware Shoals, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Ware Shoals is WHNS (Fox), 60 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WNEH 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 8 stations at fair strength or better, Ware Shoals ranks 236th of 244 places in South Carolina: fewer than the typical South Carolina town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 53 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 Greenwood, 15 miles away.