TV channels & antenna towers in Sweetwater, Tennessee

With roughly 5,930 residents, Sweetwater is a town in Tennessee. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 56 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 5 Class A, 15 low-power and 19 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Sweetwater, 19 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 37 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.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 6 (WATE-TV), CBS on channel 8 (WVLT-TV), NBC on channel 3 (WRCB), Fox on channel 43 (WTNZ), CW on channel 20 (WBXX-TV) and ION on channel 54 (WPXK-TV). 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 NE, at about 46°. The main network towers for Sweetwater 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 39 miles northeast of Sweetwater (46° NE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sweetwater at fair strength or better, 50% 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 Sweetwater, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Sweetwater is WATE-TV (ABC), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WRCB (NBC), 57 miles southwest, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Sweetwater ranks 87th of 299 places in Tennessee: more than the typical Tennessee town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 36 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 Farragut, 26 miles away.