TV channels & antenna towers in Lavalette, West Virginia

With roughly 1,070 residents, Lavalette is a small community in West Virginia. Our map shows 17 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 10 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 11 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 10 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 1 farther 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.

The best-placed network stations 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 WVNS-TV in Lewisburg, WV, 102 miles to the east. 5 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 NE, at about 56°. The main network towers for Lavalette 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 18 miles northeast of Lavalette (44° NE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lavalette at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lavalette is WCHS-TV (ABC), 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Lavalette ranks 51st of 163 places in West Virginia: more than the typical West Virginia town (11). Its nearest major network tower is 18 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, 6.7 miles away.