KUNS-TV (CW) · Channel 51

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 625 kW effective radiated power, KUNS-TV runs more power than 66% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 237 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 15% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 47 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 59 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 217 cities and towns in our guide with about 4,110,000 residents, as far as Mount Vernon, WA (55 miles).

KUNS-TV shares its transmitter site with KOMO-TV (ABC), KING-TV (NBC), KONG, KRUM-LD, K20NF-D and KIRO-TV (CBS) and 2 more. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CW station in our data is KIMA-TV in Yakima, WA, 115 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.