TV channels & antenna towers in Ceredo, West Virginia

Ceredo, West Virginia has a population of about 1,390. There are 18 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 11 full-power, 5 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Ceredo, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 4 are more than 45 miles out. Two of the 5 network stations in range are licensed to Huntington, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Huntington's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 8 (WCHS-TV), CBS on channel 13 (WOWK-TV), NBC on channel 3 (WSAZ-TV), CW on channel 30 (WQCW) and ION on channel 29 (WLPX-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WDKY-TV in Danville, KY, 102 miles to the west. 6 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 74°. The main network towers for Ceredo sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WSAZ-TV, WQCW, WOWK-TV and WLPX-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 20 miles northeast of Ceredo (67° ENE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Ceredo at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Ceredo is WCHS-TV (ABC), 35 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WKAS is only 5.6 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Ceredo ranks 51st of 163 places in West Virginia: more than the typical West Virginia town (11). Its nearest major network tower is 20 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

55% of West Virginia's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Huntington, 6.3 miles away.