TV channels & antenna towers in Centreville, Virginia

With roughly 71,100 residents, Centreville is a city in Virginia. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 40 licensed TV transmitters: 24 full-power, 6 Class A, 9 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 32 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 19 at good or strong strength.

20 of them are within 25 miles of Centreville, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 are more than 45 miles out. Nine of the 17 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 2 (WMAR-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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong 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 ENE, at about 67°. The main network towers for Centreville 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 19 miles northeast of Centreville (64° ENE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Centreville at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Centreville is WETA-TV (PBS), 20 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WMAR-TV (ABC), 54 miles northeast, 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 32 stations at fair strength or better, Centreville ranks 14th of 381 places in Virginia: more than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 19 miles away, against a state median of 21 miles.

33% of Virginia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Arlington, 18 miles away.