TV channels & antenna towers in Pantops, Virginia

With roughly 3,030 residents, Pantops is a town in Virginia. Our map shows 33 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 15 full-power, 5 Class A, 7 low-power and 6 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 7 transmitters are within 25 miles, 3 between 25 and 45 miles, and 23 farther out. Five of the 14 network stations in range are licensed to Richmond, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Richmond's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 16 (WVAW-LD), CBS on channel 6 (WTVR-TV), NBC on channel 12 (WWBT), Fox on channel 27.2 (WCAV), CW on channel 29.3 (WVIR-CD), ION on channel 30.4 (WFWG-LD) and Telemundo on channel 45 (WZTD-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 7 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 SSW, at about 202°. The main network towers for Pantops sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WCAV, WVAW-LD, WVIR-CD and WVIR-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 3.7 miles south of Pantops (202° SSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Pantops at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Pantops is WCAV (Fox), 3.7 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WTVR-TV (CBS), 59 miles southeast and WWBT (NBC), 63 miles southeast, 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.

WCAV is only 3.7 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Pantops ranks 153rd of 381 places in Virginia: more than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 3.7 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 Charlottesville, 1.2 miles away.