KLCW-TV (CW) · Channel 22

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

Its antenna sits 282 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 22% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 51 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 58 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 28 cities and towns in our guide with about 360,000 residents, as far as Plainview, TX (48 miles).

KLCW-TV shares its transmitter site with KCBD (NBC), KXTQ-CD (Telemundo), KMYL-LD, KJTV-CD (Fox), K26PJ-D and KLBB-LD (MeTV). One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CW station in our data is KOSA-TV in Odessa, TX, 120 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

The CW is a commercial broadcast network carrying entertainment series and a growing slate of sports. In smaller markets it often runs as a subchannel of another station rather than its own transmitter.