TV channels & antenna towers in Salida, California

Salida is a town of about 13,700 people in California. There are 55 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 20 full-power, 5 Class A, 29 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Salida, 8 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 37 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 19 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 6 (KVIE), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 31.7 (KMAX-TV), Univision on channel 19 (KUVS-DT) and MeTV on channel 68.2 (KTLN-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 4 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 329°. The main network towers for Salida 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 43 miles northwest of Salida (329° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Salida at fair strength or better, 62% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Salida is KCRA-TV (NBC), 45 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KTXL (Fox), 45 miles northwest and KVIE (PBS), 45 miles northwest, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Salida ranks 540th of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 35 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 Modesto, 6.7 miles away.