TV channels & antenna towers in Smithville, Tennessee

Smithville is a town of about 4,640 people in Tennessee. There are 42 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 5 Class A and 19 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Smithville, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 36 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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, 94 miles to the southwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (very weak 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 WNW, at about 283°. The main network towers for Smithville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WTVF, WZTV, WJFB and WPGD-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 58 miles west of Smithville (292° WNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Smithville at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

WSMV-TV (NBC) lies beyond the radio horizon of its transmitter as seen from Smithville. Past that point signals fade quickly, so antenna height matters more than amplification.

The farthest main network tower for Smithville is WSMV-TV (NBC), 60 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 16 stations at fair strength or better, Smithville ranks 120th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 50 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

31% of Tennessee's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Cookeville, 22 miles away.