TV channels & antenna towers in Hunter, Tennessee

With roughly 1,850 residents, Hunter is a small community in Tennessee. Our map shows 40 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 7 full-power, 6 Class A, 2 low-power and 25 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 9 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

7 of them are within 25 miles of Hunter, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 23 are more than 45 miles out.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 11.2 (WJHL-TV), CW on channel 5.2 (WCYB-TV) and MeTV on channel 36.1 (WAPK-CD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WYMT-TV in Hazard, KY, 80 miles to the northwest. No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WCNC-TV in Charlotte, NC, 90 miles to the southeast. 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 NNE, at about 16°. The main network towers for Hunter sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WAPK-CD, WJHL-TV and WCYB-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 4.3 miles north of Hunter (16° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 3 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hunter at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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 WJHL-TV (ABC), 4.3 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WKPT-TV is only 4.3 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 9 stations at fair strength or better, Hunter ranks 248th of 299 places in Tennessee: fewer than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 4.3 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

31% of Tennessee's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Johnson City, 12 miles away.