TV channels & antenna towers in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado

Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado has a population of about 677. There are 52 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 17 full-power, 3 Class A, 17 low-power and 15 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Hot Sulphur Springs, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 45 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Denver, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Denver's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (KMGH-TV), CBS on channel 4 (KCNC-TV), NBC on channel 9 (KUSA), Fox on channel 31 (KDVR), PBS on channel 12 (KBDI-TV), CW on channel 2 (KWGN-TV), ION on channel 59 (KPXC-TV), Telemundo on channel 25 (KDEN-TV), Univision on channel 14 (KCEC) and Trinity on channel 38 (KPJR-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (good signal). 7 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 120°. The main network towers for Hot Sulphur Springs sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KWGN-TV, KDVR, KUSA, KMGH-TV and KCNC-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 52 miles southeast of Hot Sulphur Springs (117° ESE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hot Sulphur Springs at fair strength or better, 78% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hot Sulphur Springs is KUSA (NBC), 52 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 16 stations at fair strength or better, Hot Sulphur Springs ranks 124th of 225 places in Colorado: fewer than the typical Colorado town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 42 miles away, against a state median of 18 miles.

38% of Colorado's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Boulder, 44 miles away.