TV channels & antenna towers in Lake Wildwood, California

With roughly 4,990 residents, Lake Wildwood is a town in California. Our map shows 41 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 7 full-power, 5 Class A, 23 low-power and 6 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 10 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 3 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Lake Wildwood, 17 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 8 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 NBC on channel 3 (KCRA-TV), Fox on channel 40 (KTXL), PBS on channel 6 (KVIE), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), Telemundo on channel 33 (KMUM-CD) and Univision on channel 27 (KUCO-LD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KXTV in Sacramento, CA, 71 miles to the south. No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KOVR in Stockton, CA, 71 miles to the south. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal) and Univision (very weak 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 SSW, at about 194°. The main network towers for Lake Wildwood sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, KTXL, KVIE, KQCA and KCRA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 68 miles south of Lake Wildwood (194° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake Wildwood at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lake Wildwood is KCRA-TV (NBC), 69 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 10 stations at fair strength or better, Lake Wildwood ranks 923rd of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 39 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 Yuba City, 23 miles away.