KXMA-TV (CW) · Channel 2

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

Its antenna sits 217 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 11% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 45 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 53 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 9 cities and towns in our guide with about 30,100 residents, as far as Dickinson, ND (12 miles).

KXMA-TV shares its transmitter site with KDSE. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other CW station in our data is KXMB-TV in Bismarck, ND, 101 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.