TV channels & antenna towers in Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a city of about 202,000 people in California. There are 49 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 25 full-power, 6 Class A, 15 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Huntington Beach, 38 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 14 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.

The best-placed network stations 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 (good signal) and Univision (good 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 N, at about 354°. The main network towers for Huntington Beach 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 38 miles north of Huntington Beach (355° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Huntington Beach at fair strength or better, 92% 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 Huntington Beach, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Huntington Beach is KCBS-TV (CBS), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 26 stations at fair strength or better, Huntington Beach ranks 503rd of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 38 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 Long Beach, 13 miles away.