TV channels & antenna towers in Payette, Idaho

With roughly 7,380 residents, Payette is a town in Idaho. Our map shows 52 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 7 full-power, 3 Class A, 16 low-power and 26 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 11 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

4 of them are within 25 miles of Payette, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 46 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Boise, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Boise's stations.

The strongest network signals here 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 KLEW-TV in Lewiston, ID, 165 miles to the north. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (very weak signal). 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna ESE, at about 118°. The main network towers for Payette sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KKJB, KBOI-TV, KIVI-TV, KTVB and KTRV-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 46 miles southeast of Payette (120° ESE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Payette at fair strength or better, all arrive from the southeast, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Payette is KNIN-TV (Fox), 47 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

K17ED-D is only 1.7 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 11 stations at fair strength or better, Payette ranks 28th of 98 places in Idaho: more than the typical Idaho town (10). Its nearest major network tower is 46 miles away, against a state median of 35 miles.

44% of Idaho's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Caldwell, 31 miles away.