TV channels & antenna towers in Mountain House, California

Mountain House is a town of about 9,680 people in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 71 licensed TV transmitters: 33 full-power, 5 Class A and 33 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 37 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 24 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Mountain House, 25 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 43 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 22 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 10 (KXTV), CBS on channel 13 (KOVR), NBC on channel 3 (KCRA-TV), Fox on channel 40 (KTXL), PBS on channel 9 (KQED), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-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). 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 N, at about 4°. The main network towers for Mountain House sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KXTV, KMAX-TV, KOVR, KSPX-TV and KQCA and others, transmit from the same tower site about 32 miles north of Mountain House (4° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 20 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Mountain House at fair strength or better, 40% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Mountain House is KTXL (Fox), 34 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KQED (PBS), 50 miles west, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

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 37 stations at fair strength or better, Mountain House ranks 113th of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 27 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 Tracy, 7.0 miles away.