TV channels & antenna towers in Sulphur Springs, Arkansas

With roughly 1,100 residents, Sulphur Springs is a small community in Arkansas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 23 licensed TV transmitters: 11 full-power, 2 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 10 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

4 of them are within 25 miles of Sulphur Springs, 0 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). 6 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 NNW, at about 334°. The main network towers for Sulphur Springs 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 47 miles northwest of Sulphur Springs (334° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Sulphur Springs is KARK-TV (NBC), 48 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 10 stations at fair strength or better, Sulphur Springs ranks 107th of 214 places in Arkansas: the same as the typical Arkansas town (10). Its nearest major network tower is 19 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 Pine Bluff, 7.6 miles away.