TV channels & antenna towers in Colorado Springs, Colorado

With roughly 457,000 residents, Colorado Springs is a city in Colorado. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 58 licensed TV transmitters: 18 full-power, 3 Class A, 24 low-power and 13 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 19 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 30 farther out. Colorado Springs is a broadcast hub in its own right: five of the 14 network stations in range are licensed here.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 13 (KRDO-TV), CBS on channel 11 (KKTV), NBC on channel 5 (KOAA-TV), Fox on channel 31 (KDVR), PBS on channel 12 (KBDI-TV), CW on channel 21.2 (KXRM-TV), Telemundo on channel 46 (KTLO-LD) and Univision on channel 48 (KVSN-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 6 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 SSW, at about 200°. The main network towers for Colorado Springs sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KRDO-TV, KXRM-TV, KVSN-DT, KKTV and KOAA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 6.4 miles south of Colorado Springs (199° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Colorado Springs at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Colorado Springs is KOAA-TV (NBC), 6.6 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

KDVR (Fox), 66 miles north and KBDI-TV (PBS), 69 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.

KTLO-LD is only 1.0 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Colorado Springs ranks 85th of 225 places in Colorado: more than the typical Colorado town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 1.0 miles away, against a state median of 18 miles.

14% of Colorado's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.