TV channels & antenna towers in Ridgetop, Tennessee

With roughly 2,040 residents, Ridgetop is a small community in Tennessee. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 39 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 3 Class A and 20 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 21 transmitters are within 25 miles, 5 between 25 and 45 miles, and 13 farther out. Eight of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Nashville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Nashville's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 2 (WKRN-TV), CBS on channel 5 (WTVF), NBC on channel 4 (WSMV-TV), CW on channel 17.2 (WZTV), ION on channel 28 (WNPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 29 (WTNX-LD), Univision on channel 42 (WLLC-LD), MeTV on channel 44.1 (WJFB) and Trinity on channel 50 (WPGD-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WEVV-TV in Evansville, IN, 111 miles to the north. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (fair signal). 7 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 S, at about 188°. The main network towers for Ridgetop sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WTVF, WJFB, WPGD-TV and WZTV, transmit from the same tower site about 8.8 miles south of Ridgetop (183° S). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Ridgetop at fair strength or better, 86% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Ridgetop is WKRN-TV (ABC), 24 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.

WTVF is only 8.8 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Ridgetop ranks 12th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 8.8 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 Hendersonville, 11 miles away.