KVLY-TV (NBC) · Channel 11

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 720 kW effective radiated power, KVLY-TV runs more power than 70% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 594 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 86% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 70 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 80 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 35 cities and towns in our guide with about 352,000 residents, as far as Grand Forks, ND (42 miles).

KVLY-TV shares its transmitter site with K28MA-D and KNGF. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other NBC station in our data is KRII in Chisholm, MN, 205 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

NBC is one of the four big commercial broadcast networks. Local NBC affiliates carry the national morning show, evening news and primetime lineup, plus Sunday Night Football and, in Olympic years, the Games.