TV channels & antenna towers in Stephens City, Virginia

Stephens City is a small community of about 1,940 people in Virginia. There are 38 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 6 Class A, 8 low-power and 7 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 5 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 2 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 27 farther out. Nine of the 14 network stations in range are licensed to Washington, DC, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Washington's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 60 (WWPX-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 (weak signal) and Univision (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 E, at about 98°. The main network towers for Stephens City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

11 network stations, WTTG, WPXW-TV, WJLA-TV, WHUT-TV and WUSA and others, transmit from the same tower site about 60 miles east of Stephens City (98° E). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

WJLA-TV (ABC), WUSA (CBS), WRC-TV (NBC), WTTG (Fox) and WETA-TV (PBS) lie beyond the radio horizon of their transmitter as seen from Stephens City. Past that point signals fade quickly, so antenna height matters more than amplification.

The farthest main network tower for Stephens City is WRC-TV (NBC), 62 miles away with a weak estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WDVM-TV is only 14 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 5 stations at fair strength or better, Stephens City ranks 372nd of 381 places in Virginia: fewer than the typical Virginia town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 26 miles away, against a state median of 21 miles.

31% of Virginia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Winchester, 7.6 miles away.