TV channels & antenna towers in Forestville, California

Forestville is a town of about 3,290 people in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 36 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 2 Class A, 13 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

6 of them are within 25 miles of Forestville, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 26 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to San Francisco, so most of the network channels you will find here come from San Francisco'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 11 (KNTV), Fox on channel 2 (KTVU), PBS on channel 9 (KQED), CW on channel 4 (KRON-TV), ION on channel 65 (KKPX-TV), Univision on channel 14 (KDTV-CD) and MeTV on channel 44.3 (KPYX). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (fair signal). 9 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 SSE, at about 154°. The main network towers for Forestville 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 55 miles southeast of Forestville (154° SSE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Forestville at fair strength or better, 89% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Forestville is KNTV (NBC), 60 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 21 stations at fair strength or better, Forestville ranks 606th of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 19 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

30% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Windsor, 6.5 miles away.