TV channels & antenna towers in Shackle Island, Tennessee

With roughly 2,840 residents, Shackle Island is a town in Tennessee. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 38 licensed TV transmitters: 15 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 15 at good or strong strength.

20 of them are within 25 miles of Shackle Island, 8 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles 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 WZDX in Huntsville, AL, 113 miles to the south. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (fair 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 SW, at about 221°. The main network towers for Shackle Island 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 12 miles southwest of Shackle Island (233° SW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Shackle Island is WKRN-TV (ABC), 25 miles away with a strong 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.

WNPX-TV is only 11 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, Shackle Island ranks 12th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Hendersonville, 4.6 miles away.