TV channels & antenna towers in East Palo Alto, California

East Palo Alto is a city of about 29,700 people in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 69 licensed TV transmitters: 36 full-power, 3 Class A, 29 low-power and 1 translator. 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.

14 of them are within 25 miles of East Palo Alto, 23 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 32 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 25 network stations in range are licensed to Sacramento, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sacramento's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (KGO-TV), CBS on channel 5 (KPIX-TV), NBC on channel 3 (KCRA-TV), Fox on channel 2 (KTVU), PBS on channel 9 (KQED), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), 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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong 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 NW, at about 319°. The main network towers for East Palo Alto 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 26 miles northwest of East Palo Alto (319° NW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 20 full-power and Class A network signals that reach East Palo Alto at fair strength or better, 40% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for East Palo Alto is KQED (PBS), 26 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KCRA-TV (NBC), 65 miles northeast, 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.

KDTV-DT 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, East Palo Alto 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.

48% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Palo Alto, 1.9 miles away.