TV channels & antenna towers in Hunter, Tennessee

Hunter is a small community of about 1,700 people in Tennessee. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 21 licensed TV transmitters: 12 full-power and 9 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Hunter, 14 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 6 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 6 network stations in range are licensed to Knoxville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Knoxville's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 6 (WATE-TV), CBS on channel 8 (WVLT-TV), NBC on channel 10 (WBIR-TV), Fox on channel 43 (WTNZ), CW on channel 20 (WBXX-TV) and ION on channel 54 (WPXK-TV). 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 SSE, at about 157°. The main network towers for Hunter 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 27 miles southeast of Hunter (156° SSE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hunter at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hunter is WTNZ (Fox), 27 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.

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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Hunter ranks 141st of 299 places in Tennessee: the same as the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 21 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 Oak Ridge, 25 miles away.