TV channels & antenna towers in Gila Bend, Arizona

With roughly 2,030 residents, Gila Bend is a small community in Arizona. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 29 licensed TV transmitters: 11 full-power, 3 Class A, 14 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 11 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Gila Bend, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 26 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Phoenix, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Phoenix's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 15 (KNXV-TV), CBS on channel 5 (KPHO-TV), NBC on channel 12 (KPNX), Fox on channel 10 (KSAZ-TV), PBS on channel 8 (KAET), CW on channel 7 (KAZT-CD), ION on channel 51 (KPPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 39 (KTAZ), Univision on channel 33 (KTVW-DT) and Trinity on channel 21 (KPAZ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 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 NE, at about 55°. The main network towers for Gila Bend sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, KAET, KPNX, KTVW-DT, KSAZ-TV and KPAZ-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 46 miles northeast of Gila Bend (55° NE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Gila Bend at fair strength or better, all arrive from the northeast, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Gila Bend is KNXV-TV (ABC), 46 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 11 stations at fair strength or better, Gila Bend ranks 111th of 215 places in Arizona: fewer than the typical Arizona town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 46 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

46% of Arizona's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Buckeye, 30 miles away.