TV channels & antenna towers in Jefferson City, Tennessee

With roughly 8,500 residents, Jefferson City is a town in Tennessee. Our map shows 55 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 12 full-power, 3 Class A, 8 low-power and 32 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Jefferson City, 14 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 38 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 7 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 10 (WBIR-TV), 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 WSW, at about 252°. The main network towers for Jefferson City 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 26 miles west of Jefferson City (252° WSW). 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 Jefferson City 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 Jefferson City, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Jefferson City 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.

WVLR is only 12 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Jefferson City ranks 87th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 26 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 Morristown, 13 miles away.