TV channels & antenna towers in San Joaquin Hills, California

With roughly 3,180 residents, San Joaquin Hills is a town in California. Our map shows 57 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 27 full-power, 8 Class A, 19 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 43 between 25 and 45 miles, and 13 farther out. Seven of the 18 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 343°. The main network towers for San Joaquin 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 north of San Joaquin Hills (343° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach San Joaquin Hills at fair strength or better, 92% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for San Joaquin Hills is KCBS-TV (CBS), 45 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 25 stations at fair strength or better, San Joaquin Hills ranks 522nd of 1,078 places in California: the same as the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 40 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 Irvine, 4.1 miles away.