TV channels & antenna towers in Dumfries, Virginia

With roughly 5,220 residents, Dumfries is a town in Virginia. Our map shows 39 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 24 full-power, 6 Class A and 9 low-power. 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.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Dumfries, 22 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 16 are more than 45 miles out. Nine of the 18 network stations in range are licensed to Washington, DC, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Washington's stations.

The best-placed network stations 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). 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 NNE, at about 26°. The main network towers for Dumfries sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WDCW, WRC-TV, WZDC-CD, WFDC-DT and WDME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 29 miles northeast of Dumfries (27° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Dumfries at fair strength or better, all arrive from the northeast, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Dumfries is WTTG (Fox), 30 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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, Dumfries ranks 85th of 381 places in Virginia: more 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 Dale City, 4.9 miles away.