TV channels & antenna towers in Poquoson, Virginia

With roughly 12,100 residents, Poquoson is a town in Virginia. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 27 licensed TV transmitters: 12 full-power, 6 Class A, 7 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 19 transmitters are within 25 miles, 1 between 25 and 45 miles, and 7 farther out. Three of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Norfolk, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Norfolk's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 13 (WVEC), CBS on channel 3 (WTKR), NBC on channel 10 (WAVY-TV), CW on channel 43.2 (WVBT), ION on channel 49 (WPXV-TV) and Trinity on channel 21 (WTPC-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WRLH-TV in Richmond, VA, 74 miles to the west. 4 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 201°. The main network towers for Poquoson sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WPXV-TV, WVEC, WTKR and WTPC-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 22 miles south of Poquoson (198° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Poquoson at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Poquoson is WTKR (CBS), 23 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Poquoson ranks 130th of 381 places in Virginia: more than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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 East Hampton, 5.9 miles away.