TV channels & antenna towers in Signal Mountain, Tennessee

With roughly 8,530 residents, Signal Mountain is a town in Tennessee. Our map shows 22 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 9 full-power, 5 Class A and 8 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

15 of them are within 25 miles of Signal Mountain, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 4 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.

The best-placed network stations 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, 72 miles to the west. 3 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 NE, at about 38°. The main network towers for Signal Mountain sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WDEF-TV, WTVC, WFLI-TV and WRCB, transmit from the same tower site about 1.4 miles northeast of Signal Mountain (53° NE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Signal Mountain at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Signal Mountain is WRCB (NBC), 3.2 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WDDA-LD is only 0.7 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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Signal Mountain ranks 120th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 1.4 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 Chattanooga, 5.7 miles away.