TV channels & antenna towers in Glenns Ferry, Idaho

Glenns Ferry is a small community of about 1,230 people in Idaho. There are 37 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 2 Class A, 21 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 8 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Glenns Ferry, 0 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 32 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Boise, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Boise's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 6 (KIVI-TV), NBC on channel 7 (KTVB), Fox on channel 9 (KNIN-TV), CW on channel 2.2 (KBOI-TV), ION on channel 12 (KTRV-TV), Telemundo on channel 39 (KKJB) and Univision on channel 34 (KEVA-LD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KUTV in Salt Lake City, UT, 225 miles to the southeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal) and Univision (very weak signal). 3 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 NW, at about 324°. The main network towers for Glenns Ferry sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KTVB, KTRV-TV, KNIN-TV, KBOI-TV and KIVI-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 68 miles northwest of Glenns Ferry (324° NW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Glenns Ferry at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Glenns Ferry is KIVI-TV (ABC), 68 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 8 stations at fair strength or better, Glenns Ferry ranks 59th of 98 places in Idaho: fewer than the typical Idaho town (10). Its nearest major network tower is 47 miles away, against a state median of 35 miles.

44% of Idaho's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna.