TV channels & antenna towers in Dike, Iowa

With roughly 1,290 residents, Dike is a small community in Iowa. Our map shows 26 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 16 full-power, 1 Class A, 8 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Dike, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 18 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Cedar Rapids, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Cedar Rapids's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 5 (WOI-DT), CBS on channel 3 (KIMT), NBC on channel 7 (KWWL), Fox on channel 2.2 (KGAN), CW on channel 9.3 (KCRG-TV) and ION on channel 48 (KPXR-TV). 5 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 E, at about 100°. The main network towers for Dike sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KPXR-TV, KCRG-TV and KGAN, transmit from the same tower site about 40 miles east of Dike (107° ESE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Dike at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Dike is KGAN (Fox), 41 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WOI-DT (ABC), 68 miles southwest and KIMT (CBS), 70 miles north, 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.

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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Dike ranks 25th of 285 places in Iowa: more than the typical Iowa town (11). Its nearest major network tower is 40 miles away, against a state median of 34 miles.

44% of Iowa's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Cedar Falls, 10 miles away.