TV channels & antenna towers in Oro Valley, Arizona

With roughly 43,600 residents, Oro Valley is a city in Arizona. Our map shows 24 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 10 full-power, 3 Class A, 6 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 16 transmitters are within 25 miles, 1 between 25 and 45 miles, and 7 farther out. Seven of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Tucson, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Tucson's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 9 (KGUN-TV), CBS on channel 13 (KOLD-TV), NBC on channel 4 (KVOA), Fox on channel 11 (KMSB), CW on channel 18 (KTTU), Telemundo on channel 40 (KHRR) and Univision on channel 46 (KUVE-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (good signal). 3 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 E, at about 83°. The main network towers for Oro Valley sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KUVE-DT, KGUN-TV, KTTU, KVOA and KMSB and others, transmit from the same tower site about 15 miles east of Oro Valley (83° E). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Oro Valley at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Oro Valley is KMSB (Fox), 15 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KHRR is only 13 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 17 stations at fair strength or better, Oro Valley ranks 50th of 215 places in Arizona: more than the typical Arizona town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 13 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

22% of Arizona's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Tucson, 12 miles away.