TV channels & antenna towers in Rockwood, Tennessee

Rockwood is a town of about 5,430 people in Tennessee. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 37 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 4 Class A, 14 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 14 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Rockwood, 15 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 21 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Knoxville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Knoxville's stations.

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). 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 77°. The main network towers for Rockwood 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 42 miles east of Rockwood (77° ENE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Rockwood at fair strength or better, 63% 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 Rockwood, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Rockwood is WBIR-TV (NBC), 43 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 14 stations at fair strength or better, Rockwood ranks 171st of 299 places in Tennessee: fewer than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 26 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 Oak Ridge, 25 miles away.