TV channels & antenna towers in Laguna Hills, California

With roughly 31,700 residents, Laguna Hills is a town in California. Our map shows 56 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 27 full-power, 8 Class A, 18 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Laguna Hills, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 46 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 18 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 NNW, at about 335°. The main network towers for Laguna Hills 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 46 miles northwest of Laguna Hills (334° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Laguna Hills at fair strength or better, 92% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Laguna Hills is KCBS-TV (CBS), 48 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 25 stations at fair strength or better, Laguna Hills ranks 522nd of 1,078 places in California: the same as the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 35 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 Mission Viejo, 2.5 miles away.