TV channels & antenna towers in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city of about 177,000 people in Tennessee. There are 22 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 9 full-power, 5 Class A and 8 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

15 of them are within 25 miles of Chattanooga, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 4 are more than 45 miles out. Chattanooga is a broadcast hub in its own right: three of the 6 network stations in range are licensed here.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 9 (WTVC), CBS on channel 12 (WDEF-TV), NBC on channel 3 (WRCB), CW on channel 53 (WFLI-TV), ION on channel 14 (WPXA-TV) and Trinity on channel 23 (WELF-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WZDX in Huntsville, AL, 73 miles to the west. 3 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 356°. The main network towers for Chattanooga sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WDEF-TV, WTVC, WFLI-TV and WRCB, transmit from the same tower site about 6.2 miles north of Chattanooga (353° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Chattanooga at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Chattanooga is WRCB (NBC), 8.0 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WDSI-TV is only 8.0 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Chattanooga ranks 87th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 6.2 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

31% of Tennessee's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.