TV channels & antenna towers in Dublin, Virginia

Dublin is a town of about 2,690 people in Virginia. There are 25 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 1 Class A, 5 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 13 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Dublin, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 16 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Roanoke, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Roanoke's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 13 (WSET-TV), CBS on channel 7 (WDBJ), NBC on channel 10 (WSLS-TV), Fox on channel 59.2 (WVNS-TV), CW on channel 27.2 (WFXR) and ION on channel 38 (WPXR-TV). 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 78°. The main network towers for Dublin sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WDBJ, WFXR, WPXR-TV and WSLS-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 30 miles east of Dublin (78° ENE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Dublin at fair strength or better, 67% 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 Dublin, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Dublin is WSLS-TV (NBC), 30 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WSET-TV (ABC), 60 miles east and WVNS-TV (Fox), 46 miles north, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 13 stations at fair strength or better, Dublin ranks 216th of 381 places in Virginia: fewer than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 29 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 Christiansburg, 15 miles away.