TV channels & antenna towers in Pacifica, California

With roughly 39,300 residents, Pacifica is a city in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 46 licensed TV transmitters: 28 full-power, 2 Class A and 16 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 33 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 28 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 25 transmitters are within 25 miles, 8 between 25 and 45 miles, and 13 farther out. Six of the 15 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 (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 NNE, at about 15°. The main network towers for Pacifica 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 9.9 miles north of Pacifica (11° N). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Pacifica at fair strength or better, 40% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Pacifica is KQED (PBS), 9.9 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KNTV is only 5.7 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 33 stations at fair strength or better, Pacifica ranks 312th of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 5.7 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 Daly City, 6.5 miles away.