TV channels & antenna towers in Fishhook, Alaska

Fishhook is a town of about 4,680 people in Alaska. There are 19 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 7 full-power, 1 Class A, 7 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 7 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Fishhook, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 8 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 5 network stations in range are licensed to Anchorage, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Anchorage's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are CBS on channel 5 (KYES-TV), NBC on channel 2 (KTUU-TV), Fox on channel 4 (KTBY), CW on channel 13.2 (KYUR) and ION on channel 33 (KDMD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 250 miles of Fishhook. 2 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SW, at about 224°. The main network towers for Fishhook sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KTUU-TV, KYUR and KYES-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 31 miles southwest of Fishhook (224° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fishhook at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Fishhook, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Fishhook is KTUU-TV (NBC), 31 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KTBY (Fox), 42 miles southwest, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 7 stations at fair strength or better, Fishhook ranks 14th of 69 places in Alaska: more than the typical Alaska town (2). Its nearest major network tower is 30 miles away, against a state median of 19 miles.

30% of Alaska's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Eagle River, 31 miles away.