TV channels & antenna towers in Cross Plains, Tennessee

Cross Plains, Tennessee has a population of about 1,720. There are 38 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 3 Class A and 19 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 14 transmitters are within 25 miles, 20 between 25 and 45 miles, and 4 farther out. Eight of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Nashville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Nashville's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 2 (WKRN-TV), CBS on channel 5 (WTVF), NBC on channel 4 (WSMV-TV), CW on channel 17.2 (WZTV), ION on channel 28 (WNPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 29 (WTNX-LD), Univision on channel 42 (WLLC-LD), MeTV on channel 44.1 (WJFB) and Trinity on channel 50 (WPGD-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WEVV-TV in Evansville, IN, 104 miles to the northwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (fair signal). 7 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 SSW, at about 195°. The main network towers for Cross Plains sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WTVF, WJFB, WPGD-TV and WZTV, transmit from the same tower site about 20 miles south of Cross Plains (195° SSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cross Plains at fair strength or better, 78% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cross Plains is WKRN-TV (ABC), 35 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WNPX-TV is only 1.6 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Cross Plains ranks 12th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 1.6 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

38% of Tennessee's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Hendersonville, 17 miles away.