TV channels & antenna towers in Beale Air Force Base, California

Beale Air Force Base is a small community of about 1,320 people in California. There are 44 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 12 full-power, 5 Class A, 23 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Beale Air Force Base, 18 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 25 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Sacramento, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sacramento's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 10 (KXTV), CBS on channel 13 (KOVR), NBC on channel 3 (KCRA-TV), Fox on channel 40 (KTXL), PBS on channel 6 (KVIE), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 31.7 (KMAX-TV) and Univision on channel 27 (KUCO-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (very weak 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 S, at about 188°. The main network towers for Beale Air Force Base sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KTXL, KVIE, KQCA, KCRA-TV and KSPX-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 58 miles south of Beale Air Force Base (188° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Beale Air Force Base at fair strength or better, 90% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Beale Air Force Base is KOVR (CBS), 61 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Beale Air Force Base ranks 684th of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 29 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

30% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Yuba City, 14 miles away.