TV channels & antenna towers in Portola Hills, California

Portola Hills is a town of about 9,080 people in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 91 licensed TV transmitters: 29 full-power, 14 Class A, 30 low-power and 18 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Portola Hills, 17 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 73 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 24 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 327°. The main network towers for Portola 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 44 miles northwest of Portola Hills (326° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Portola 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 Portola Hills, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Portola Hills is KCBS-TV (CBS), 46 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Portola Hills ranks 475th of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 28 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 Rancho Santa Margarita, 3.1 miles away.