TV channels & antenna towers in Avila Beach, California

Avila Beach, California has a population of about 1,630. Our map shows 28 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 5 full-power, 9 Class A, 9 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Avila Beach, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 5 are more than 45 miles out. Two of the 5 network stations in range are licensed to San Luis Obispo, so most of the network channels you will find here come from San Luis Obispo's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 3 (KEYT-TV), NBC on channel 6 (KSBY), Fox on channel 24 (KKFX-CD), CW on channel 12.3 (KCOY-TV) and Univision on channel 38 (KPMR). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KGPE in Fresno, CA, 150 miles to the northeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (fair signal). 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna NNE, at about 19°. The main network towers for Avila Beach sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KSBY and KKFX-CD, transmit from the same tower site about 13 miles north of Avila Beach (19° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Avila Beach at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Avila Beach is KKFX-CD (Fox), 13 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KEYT-TV (ABC), 63 miles southeast, 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.

KSBY 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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Avila Beach ranks 762nd of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 13 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

48% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is San Luis Obispo, 8.2 miles away.