TV channels & antenna towers in Amelia Court House, Virginia

With roughly 1,100 residents, Amelia Court House is a small community in Virginia. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 22 licensed TV transmitters: 12 full-power, 4 Class A and 6 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 10 transmitters are within 25 miles, 2 between 25 and 45 miles, and 10 farther out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Richmond, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Richmond's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 8 (WRIC-TV), CBS on channel 6 (WTVR-TV), NBC on channel 12 (WWBT), Fox on channel 35 (WRLH-TV), CW on channel 65 (WUPV), ION on channel 30.4 (WFWG-LD) and Telemundo on channel 45 (WZTD-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal). 5 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 62°. The main network towers for Amelia Court House sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WRLH-TV, WTVR-TV and WRIC-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 24 miles northeast of Amelia Court House (60° ENE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Amelia Court House at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Amelia Court House is WWBT (NBC), 29 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Amelia Court House ranks 169th of 381 places in Virginia: the same as the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 24 miles away, against a state median of 21 miles.

36% of Virginia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Tuckahoe, 29 miles away.