TV channels & antenna towers in Hillsborough, California

With roughly 11,500 residents, Hillsborough is a town in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 52 licensed TV transmitters: 32 full-power, 2 Class A and 18 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 37 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 28 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 22 transmitters are within 25 miles, 13 between 25 and 45 miles, and 17 farther out. Seven of the 20 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 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), 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 (good 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 NNW, at about 342°. The main network towers for Hillsborough 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 13 miles north of Hillsborough (342° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 19 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hillsborough at fair strength or better, 42% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hillsborough is KQED (PBS), 13 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KKPX-TV is only 8.4 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 37 stations at fair strength or better, Hillsborough ranks 113th of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 8.2 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 Burlingame, 1.0 miles away.