TV channels & antenna towers in Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee has a population of about 185,000. There are 45 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 1 Class A, 7 low-power and 27 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 13 transmitters are within 25 miles, 3 between 25 and 45 miles, and 29 farther out. Knoxville is a broadcast hub in its own right: four of the 6 network stations in range are licensed here.

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). 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 NNW, at about 330°. The main network towers for Knoxville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WTNZ, WVLT-TV, WATE-TV, WBIR-TV and WPXK-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 3.1 miles northwest of Knoxville (321° NW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Knoxville at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Knoxville is WBIR-TV (NBC), 3.3 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

W19FF-D is only 3.1 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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Knoxville ranks 141st of 299 places in Tennessee: the same as the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 3.1 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

31% of Tennessee's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.