KGPE (CBS) · Channel 47

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 185 kW effective radiated power, KGPE runs more power than 45% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 577 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 83% 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 75 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 83 cities and towns in our guide with about 1,590,000 residents, as far as Porterville, CA (73 miles).

KGPE shares its transmitter site with KSEE (NBC), KAIL, KZMM-CD, KNSO (Telemundo), KFTV-DT (Univision) and KTFF-LD and 6 more. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CBS station in our data is KOVR in Stockton, CA, 139 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

CBS is one of the four big commercial broadcast networks. Local CBS affiliates carry the network's news, daytime and primetime schedule plus local news, and CBS is the over-the-air home of many NFL Sunday afternoon games.