TV channels & antenna towers in Kimball, Tennessee

Kimball is a small community of about 1,400 people in Tennessee. There are 28 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 13 full-power, 7 Class A and 8 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

13 of them are within 25 miles of Kimball, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Huntsville, AL, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Huntsville's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 9 (WTVC), CBS on channel 12 (WDEF-TV), NBC on channel 3 (WRCB), Fox on channel 54 (WZDX), CW on channel 53 (WFLI-TV), Telemundo on channel 29 (WTHV-LD) and Trinity on channel 23 (WELF-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 4 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 ENE, at about 70°. The main network towers for Kimball sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WDEF-TV, WTVC, WFLI-TV and WRCB, transmit from the same tower site about 21 miles east of Kimball (73° ENE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Kimball at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Kimball is WRCB (NBC), 22 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WZDX (Fox), 53 miles southwest, 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, Kimball ranks 87th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than 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 Chattanooga, 20 miles away.