TV channels & antenna towers in Boydton, Virginia

Boydton is a small community of about 416 people in Virginia. There are 21 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 9 full-power, 5 Class A and 7 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 10 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Boydton, 1 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 20 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Raleigh, NC, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Raleigh's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 11 (WTVD), CBS on channel 17 (WNCN), NBC on channel 5 (WRAL-TV), Fox on channel 50 (WRAZ), CW on channel 22 (WLFL), ION on channel 47 (WRPX-TV) and Telemundo on channel 54 (WRTD-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 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 S, at about 187°. The main network towers for Boydton sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WRAL-TV, WRTD-CD, WNCN, WRAZ and WLFL and others, transmit from the same tower site about 69 miles south of Boydton (187° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Boydton at fair strength or better, all arrive from the south, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Boydton is WTVD (ABC), 70 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 10 stations at fair strength or better, Boydton ranks 295th of 381 places in Virginia: fewer than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 59 miles away, against a state median of 21 miles.

31% of Virginia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Wake Forest, 48 miles away.