TV channels & antenna towers in Los Altos Hills, California

Los Altos Hills is a town of about 8,420 people in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 72 licensed TV transmitters: 33 full-power, 4 Class A, 34 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 36 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 20 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Los Altos Hills, 24 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 38 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 22 network stations in range are licensed to San Francisco, so most of the network channels you will find here come from San Francisco's stations.

The strongest network signals here 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 48 (KSTS), Univision on channel 14 (KDTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 44.3 (KPYX). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 13 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 NW, at about 326°. The main network towers for Los Altos Hills 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 31 miles northwest of Los Altos Hills (326° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 19 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Los Altos Hills at fair strength or better, 42% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Los Altos Hills is KQED (PBS), 31 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 36 stations at fair strength or better, Los Altos Hills ranks 208th of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 Los Altos, 1.3 miles away.