TV channels & antenna towers in Sierra Madre, California

With roughly 11,200 residents, Sierra Madre is a town in California. Our map shows 60 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 25 full-power, 6 Class A, 19 low-power and 10 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 39 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 33 at good or strong strength.

39 of them are within 25 miles of Sierra Madre, 1 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 20 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 13 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.

The best-placed network stations 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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong 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 N, at about 350°. The main network towers for Sierra Madre 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 3.6 miles north of Sierra Madre (351° N). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

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

The farthest main network tower for Sierra Madre is KCBS-TV (CBS), 5.0 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

KWHY-TV is only 3.6 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 39 stations at fair strength or better, Sierra Madre ranks 19th of 1,078 places in California: more than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 3.6 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 Arcadia, 1.8 miles away.