TV channels & antenna towers in Bull Run Mountain Estates, Virginia

With roughly 1,250 residents, Bull Run Mountain Estates is a small community in Virginia. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 47 licensed TV transmitters: 24 full-power, 7 Class A, 9 low-power and 7 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Bull Run Mountain Estates, 24 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 20 are more than 45 miles out. Nine of the 19 network stations in range are licensed to Washington, DC, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Washington's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (WJLA-TV), CBS on channel 9 (WUSA), NBC on channel 4 (WRC-TV), Fox on channel 5 (WTTG), PBS on channel 26 (WETA-TV), CW on channel 50 (WDCW), ION on channel 66 (WPXW-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WZDC-CD), Univision on channel 14 (WFDC-DT) and MeTV on channel 48.1 (WDME-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 9 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 E, at about 84°. The main network towers for Bull Run Mountain Estates sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WTTG, WPXW-TV, WDCW, WRC-TV and WZDC-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 30 miles east of Bull Run Mountain Estates (82° E). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Bull Run Mountain Estates at fair strength or better, 73% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Bull Run Mountain Estates is WETA-TV (PBS), 31 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 26 stations at fair strength or better, Bull Run Mountain Estates ranks 85th of 381 places in Virginia: more than 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 South Riding, 8.6 miles away.