TV channels & antenna towers in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city of about 656,000 people in Tennessee. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 32 licensed TV transmitters: 14 full-power, 2 Class A, 15 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 20 transmitters are within 25 miles, 1 between 25 and 45 miles, and 11 farther out. Memphis is a broadcast hub in its own right: seven of the 11 network stations in range are licensed here.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 24 (WATN-TV), CBS on channel 3 (WREG-TV), NBC on channel 5 (WMC-TV), Fox on channel 13 (WHBQ-TV), CW on channel 30 (WLMT), ION on channel 50 (WPXX-TV), Telemundo on channel 14 (WTME-LD) and Trinity on channel 40 (WBUY-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 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 ENE, at about 76°. The main network towers for Memphis sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WATN-TV, WBUY-TV and WLMT, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles northeast of Memphis (60° ENE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Memphis at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Memphis is WATN-TV (ABC), 18 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WMC-TV is only 9.4 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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Memphis ranks 42nd of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 9.4 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

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