TV channels & antenna towers in Vacaville, California

Vacaville, California has a population of about 96,800. Our map shows 68 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 33 full-power, 8 Class A and 27 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 31 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 23 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Vacaville, 28 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 40 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 22 network stations in range are licensed to Sacramento, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sacramento's stations.

The best-placed network stations 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 9 (KQED), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 31.7 (KMAX-TV), Univision on channel 14 (KDTV-DT) and MeTV on channel 44.3 (KPYX). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 14 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 ESE, at about 105°. The main network towers for Vacaville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KTXL, KVIE, KSPX-TV, KQCA and KCRA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 27 miles east of Vacaville (103° ESE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 18 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Vacaville at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Vacaville is KCRA-TV (NBC), 28 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KQED (PBS), 49 miles southwest, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is 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 that one.

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 31 stations at fair strength or better, Vacaville ranks 398th of 1,078 places in California: more 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 Sacramento, 31 miles away.