TV channels & antenna towers in Sumner, Iowa

With roughly 2,010 residents, Sumner is a small community in Iowa. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 23 licensed TV transmitters: 12 full-power, 7 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Sumner, 8 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 8 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 6 (KAAL), 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). 4 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 SSE, at about 160°. The main network towers for Sumner sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KCRG-TV, KGAN and KPXR-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 39 miles south of Sumner (162° SSE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sumner at fair strength or better, 50% 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 Sumner, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Sumner is KGAN (Fox), 39 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KAAL (ABC), 59 miles north and KIMT (CBS), 53 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.

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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Sumner ranks 84th of 285 places in Iowa: more than the typical Iowa town (11). Its nearest major network tower is 33 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 Waterloo, 28 miles away.