KLCS (PBS) · Channel 58

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 150 kW effective radiated power, KLCS runs more power than 42% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 926 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 97% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 86 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 90 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 344 cities and towns in our guide with about 19,900,000 residents, as far as Vista, CA (85 miles).

KLCS shares its transmitter site with KCET, KOCE-TV, KSCI, KTBN-TV (Trinity), KTTV (Fox) and KCOP-TV and 13 more. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other PBS station in our data is KVCR-DT in San Bernardino, CA, 48 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

PBS is the non-commercial public television service. Each region is served by a member station that carries national programs such as children's shows, documentaries and news, plus local programming.