TV channels & antenna towers in Ione, California

With roughly 7,000 residents, Ione is a town in California. Our map shows 33 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 11 full-power, 4 Class A and 18 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 13 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Ione, 21 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 11 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 10 (KXTV), CBS on channel 13 (KOVR), NBC on channel 3 (KCRA-TV), Fox on channel 40 (KTXL), PBS on channel 6 (KVIE), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 31.7 (KMAX-TV) and Univision on channel 19 (KUVS-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 2 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 WSW, at about 258°. The main network towers for Ione sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Eight network stations, KQCA, KCRA-TV, KTXL, KVIE and KSPX-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 31 miles west of Ione (259° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Ione is KOVR (CBS), 32 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 13 stations at fair strength or better, Ione ranks 832nd of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 20 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 Galt, 21 miles away.