TV channels & antenna towers in Bethel Island, California

With roughly 2,140 residents, Bethel Island is a small community in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 73 licensed TV transmitters: 33 full-power, 6 Class A and 34 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 33 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 25 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 10 transmitters are within 25 miles, 22 between 25 and 45 miles, and 41 farther out. Eight of the 22 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 9 (KQED), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 31.7 (KMAX-TV), Univision on channel 14 (KDTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 44.3 (KPYX). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong 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 NNE, at about 25°. The main network towers for Bethel Island sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KXTV, KMAX-TV, KOVR, KSPX-TV and KQCA and others, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles northeast of Bethel Island (26° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 20 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Bethel Island at fair strength or better, 30% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across five other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Bethel Island is KTXL (Fox), 19 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

KQED (PBS), 48 miles west, 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.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 33 stations at fair strength or better, Bethel Island ranks 312th of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 Oakley, 4.1 miles away.