TV channels & antenna towers in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Gatlinburg is a town of about 4,180 people in Tennessee. There are 63 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 14 full-power, 8 low-power and 41 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

8 of them are within 25 miles of Gatlinburg, 30 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 25 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Knoxville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Knoxville's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 6 (WATE-TV), CBS on channel 8 (WVLT-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WYFF), Fox on channel 43 (WTNZ), CW on channel 20 (WBXX-TV) and ION on channel 54 (WPXK-TV). 5 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 NW, at about 309°. The main network towers for Gatlinburg sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WBIR-TV, WPXK-TV, WATE-TV, WTNZ and WVLT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 31 miles northwest of Gatlinburg (310° NW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Gatlinburg at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Gatlinburg is WTNZ (Fox), 32 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WYFF (NBC), 66 miles southeast, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 17 stations at fair strength or better, Gatlinburg ranks 87th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 31 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 Maryville, 26 miles away.