TV channels & antenna towers in Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city of about 121,000 people in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 66 licensed TV transmitters: 32 full-power, 5 Class A and 29 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 38 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 29 at good or strong strength.

25 of them are within 25 miles of Berkeley, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 31 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 21 network stations in range are licensed to Sacramento, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sacramento's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 7 (KGO-TV), CBS on channel 5 (KPIX-TV), NBC on channel 11 (KNTV), Fox on channel 2 (KTVU), PBS on channel 9 (KQED), CW on channel 4 (KRON-TV), ION on channel 65 (KKPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 48 (KSTS), Univision on channel 14 (KDTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 44.3 (KPYX). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 13 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 SW, at about 228°. The main network towers for Berkeley sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KPIX-TV, KGO-TV, KQED, KTVU and KRON-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 13 miles southwest of Berkeley (231° SW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 19 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Berkeley at fair strength or better, 42% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Berkeley is KNTV (NBC), 16 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

KTNC-TV 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 38 stations at fair strength or better, Berkeley ranks 52nd of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 13 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

22% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Oakland, 4.6 miles away.