TV channels & antenna towers in Middle Valley, Tennessee

Middle Valley, Tennessee has a population of about 12,700. There are 24 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 5 Class A, 8 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

14 of them are within 25 miles of Middle Valley, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 6 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 6 network stations in range are licensed to Chattanooga, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chattanooga'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), CW on channel 53 (WFLI-TV), ION on channel 14 (WPXA-TV) and Trinity on channel 23 (WELF-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WZDX in Huntsville, AL, 83 miles to the west. 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 WSW, at about 249°. The main network towers for Middle Valley sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WRCB, WTVC, WFLI-TV and WDEF-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 7.7 miles west of Middle Valley (252° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Middle Valley at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Middle Valley is WDEF-TV (CBS), 8.9 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WTCI is only 5.5 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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Middle Valley ranks 63rd of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 7.7 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 East Chattanooga, 9.7 miles away.