TV channels & antenna towers in San Miguel, California

With roughly 2,340 residents, San Miguel is a small community in California. Our map shows 21 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 3 full-power, 7 Class A, 7 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 10 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 3 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of San Miguel, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles out. Two of the 3 network stations in range are licensed to San Luis Obispo, so most of the network channels you will find here come from San Luis Obispo's stations.

The best-placed network stations are NBC on channel 6 (KSBY), Fox on channel 24 (KKFX-CD) and CW on channel 12.3 (KCOY-TV). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KSBW in Salinas, CA, 83 miles to the northwest. No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KGPE in Fresno, CA, 115 miles to the northeast. 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna S, at about 175°. The main network towers for San Miguel sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KKFX-CD and KSBY, transmit from the same tower site about 27 miles south of San Miguel (175° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 3 full-power and Class A network signals that reach San Miguel at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for San Miguel is KSBY (NBC), 27 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 10 stations at fair strength or better, San Miguel ranks 923rd of 1,078 places in California: fewer 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 Paso Robles, 8.7 miles away.