TV channels & antenna towers in Des Arc, Arkansas

Des Arc, Arkansas has a population of about 1,640. There are 21 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 2 Class A and 9 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 9 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Des Arc, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 19 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Little Rock, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Little Rock's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (KATV), CBS on channel 11 (KTHV), NBC on channel 4 (KARK-TV), Fox on channel 16 (KLRT-TV), CW on channel 38 (KASN), Telemundo on channel 30 (KKYK-CD), Univision on channel 20 (KLRA-CD) and MeTV on channel 49.1 (KMYA-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (very weak signal). 5 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 WSW, at about 258°. The main network towers for Des Arc sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KATV, KLRT-TV, KLRA-CD, KKYK-CD and KTHV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 58 miles west of Des Arc (258° WSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Des Arc at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Des Arc is KARK-TV (NBC), 58 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 9 stations at fair strength or better, Des Arc ranks 122nd of 214 places in Arkansas: fewer than the typical Arkansas town (10). Its nearest major network tower is 55 miles away, against a state median of 29 miles.

50% of Arkansas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Searcy, 23 miles away.