TV channels & antenna towers in Cathedral City, California

Cathedral City, California has a population of about 53,800. Our map shows 44 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 3 full-power, 7 Class A, 22 low-power and 12 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 26 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 12 farther out. Three of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Palm Springs, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Palm Springs's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are CBS on channel 38 (KPSP-CD), NBC on channel 36 (KMIR-TV), Fox on channel 33 (KDFX-CD), PBS on channel 24 (KVCR-DT), CW on channel 2.3 (KESQ-TV), Telemundo on channel 15 (KUNA-LD) and Univision on channel 41 (KVER-CD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KGTV in San Diego, CA, 79 miles to the southwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (good signal).

Point your antenna NNE, at about 16°. The main network towers for Cathedral City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KVER-CD, KPSP-CD, KESQ-TV, KDFX-CD and KMIR-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 6.2 miles north of Cathedral City (17° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cathedral City at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cathedral City is KMIR-TV (NBC), 6.3 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

KVCR-DT (PBS), 49 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.

KESQ-TV is only 6.2 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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Cathedral City ranks 645th of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 6.2 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 Temecula, 44 miles away.