TV channels & antenna towers in Gordonsville, Tennessee

With roughly 1,200 residents, Gordonsville is a small community in Tennessee. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 36 licensed TV transmitters: 15 full-power, 3 Class A and 18 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Gordonsville, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 31 are more than 45 miles 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 WZDX in Huntsville, AL, 105 miles to the south. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (very weak signal). 6 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 W, at about 269°. The main network towers for Gordonsville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WTVF, WZTV, WJFB and WPGD-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 48 miles west of Gordonsville (278° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Gordonsville at fair strength or better, 86% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Gordonsville is WSMV-TV (NBC), 52 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 14 stations at fair strength or better, Gordonsville ranks 171st of 299 places in Tennessee: fewer than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 47 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

31% of Tennessee's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Lebanon, 20 miles away.