TV channels & antenna towers in Cokato, Minnesota

Cokato is a town of about 2,730 people in Minnesota. There are 77 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 12 full-power, 1 Class A, 33 low-power and 31 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Cokato, 28 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 49 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Minneapolis, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Minneapolis's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 5 (KSTP-TV), CBS on channel 4 (WCCO-TV), NBC on channel 11 (KARE), Fox on channel 9 (KMSP-TV), CW on channel 23 (WUCW), ION on channel 41 (KPXM-TV), Telemundo on channel 25 (KJNK-LD), Univision on channel 21 (WUMN-LD) and MeTV on channel 5.3 (KSTC-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (very weak signal). 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 E, at about 91°. The main network towers for Cokato sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WCCO-TV, KARE, KSTC-TV, KSTP-TV and WUCW and others, transmit from the same tower site about 51 miles east of Cokato (91° E). 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 Cokato at fair strength or better, 86% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cokato is KMSP-TV (Fox), 52 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.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 12 stations at fair strength or better, Cokato ranks 188th of 371 places in Minnesota: fewer than the typical Minnesota town (13). Its nearest major network tower is 43 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

33% of Minnesota's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Saint Cloud, 34 miles away.