KAIL

Full-power stations are the main licensed broadcasters in a market. They may run the highest power from the tallest towers and are protected from interference, so they set the core of what you can receive.

At 48.8 kW effective radiated power, KAIL runs more power than 26% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW). Stations on VHF channels are licensed at much lower power than UHF stations to cover the same area, so a low figure does not always mean a weak signal.

Its antenna sits 571 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 82% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 69 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 71 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 78 cities and towns in our guide with about 1,510,000 residents, as far as Corcoran, CA (68 miles).

KAIL shares its transmitter site with KZMM-CD, KNSO (Telemundo), KFTV-DT (Univision), KTFF-LD, KBID-LD and KVBC-LD (ION) and 8 more. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.