TV channels & antenna towers in Kentfield, California

With roughly 6,490 residents, Kentfield is a town in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 50 licensed TV transmitters: 31 full-power, 3 Class A and 16 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 38 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 28 at good or strong strength.

25 of them are within 25 miles of Kentfield, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 21 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 21 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 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 31.7 (KMAX-TV), 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). 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 SSE, at about 158°. The main network towers for Kentfield 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 15 miles southeast of Kentfield (157° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 19 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Kentfield at fair strength or better, 47% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Kentfield is KNTV (NBC), 20 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KTNC-TV 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, Kentfield 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.

22% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is San Rafael, 2.1 miles away.