TV channels & antenna towers in Chesterfield, Virginia

Chesterfield is in Virginia. Our map shows 37 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 21 full-power, 7 Class A and 9 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Chesterfield, 1 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 18 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), Telemundo on channel 45 (WZTD-LD) and Trinity on channel 21 (WTPC-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 8 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 NNW, at about 338°. The main network towers for Chesterfield 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 11 miles northwest of Chesterfield (331° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Chesterfield at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Chesterfield is WRLH-TV (Fox), 11 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WRLH-TV is only 11 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 16 stations at fair strength or better, Chesterfield ranks 169th of 381 places in Virginia: the same as the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 8.9 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 Chester, 3.8 miles away.