TV channels & antenna towers in Charter Oak, California

With roughly 9,310 residents, Charter Oak is a town in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 63 licensed TV transmitters: 25 full-power, 6 Class A, 20 low-power and 12 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 38 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 24 at good or strong strength.

38 of them are within 25 miles of Charter Oak, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 19 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 13 network stations in range are licensed to Los Angeles, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Los Angeles's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (KABC-TV), CBS on channel 2 (KCBS-TV), NBC on channel 4 (KNBC), Fox on channel 11 (KTTV), PBS on channel 58 (KLCS), CW on channel 5 (KTLA), ION on channel 30 (KPXN-TV), Telemundo on channel 52 (KVEA), Univision on channel 34 (KMEX-DT), MeTV on channel 56.3 (KDOC-TV) and Trinity on channel 40 (KTBN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 12 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 NW, at about 304°. The main network towers for Charter Oak sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

12 network stations, KAZA-TV, KLCS, KTBN-TV, KTTV and KVEA and others, transmit from the same tower site about 15 miles northwest of Charter Oak (302° WNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Charter Oak at fair strength or better, 92% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Charter Oak is KCBS-TV (CBS), 16 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KOCE-TV is only 15 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, Charter Oak ranks 52nd of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 15 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 San Dimas, 2.3 miles away.