TV channels & antenna towers in Topeka, Kansas

With roughly 127,000 residents, Topeka is a city in Kansas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 40 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 4 Class A, 19 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Topeka, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 26 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Kansas City, MO, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Kansas City's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 9 (KMBC-TV), CBS on channel 13 (WIBW-TV), NBC on channel 41 (KSHB-TV), Fox on channel 27.2 (KSNT), CW on channel 49.3 (KTKA-TV), ION on channel 50 (KPXE-TV), Telemundo on channel 39 (KGKC-LD), Univision on channel 14 (KUKC-LD) and Trinity on channel 16 (KTAJ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (very weak signal). 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 W, at about 280°. The main network towers for Topeka sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KTMJ-CD and KTKA-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 13 miles west of Topeka (263° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Topeka at fair strength or better, 64% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Topeka is WIBW-TV (CBS), 20 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

KMBC-TV (ABC), 62 miles east and KSHB-TV (NBC), 62 miles east, 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.

KSQA is only 0.1 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Topeka ranks 2nd of 216 places in Kansas: more than the typical Kansas town (8). Its nearest major network tower is 6.5 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

18% of Kansas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.