TV channels & antenna towers in Orchard Grass Hills, Kentucky

Orchard Grass Hills is a small community of about 1,710 people in Kentucky. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 22 licensed TV transmitters: 14 full-power, 4 Class A, 2 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Orchard Grass Hills, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 7 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Louisville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Louisville's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 11 (WHAS-TV), CBS on channel 32 (WLKY), NBC on channel 3 (WAVE), Fox on channel 41 (WDRB), CW on channel 58 (WBKI) and ION on channel 67 (WUPX-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 W, at about 279°. The main network towers for Orchard Grass Hills sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WAVE, WLKY, WHAS-TV, WDRB and WBKI, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles west of Orchard Grass Hills (281° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Orchard Grass Hills at fair strength or better, 71% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Orchard Grass Hills is WDRB (Fox), 18 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Orchard Grass Hills ranks 63rd of 275 places in Kentucky: more than the typical Kentucky town (13). Its nearest major network tower is 17 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

48% of Kentucky's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Jeffersontown, 9.2 miles away.