KREX-TV (CBS) · Channel 5

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 0.8 kW effective radiated power, KREX-TV runs more power than 1% 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.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 12 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 7 cities and towns in our guide with about 119,000 residents, as far as Grand Junction, CO (1.9 miles).

The nearest other CBS station in our data is KREY-TV in Montrose, CO, 55 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.