TV channels & antenna towers in Oronoco, Minnesota

With roughly 1,450 residents, Oronoco is a small community in Minnesota. Our map shows 49 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 22 full-power, 2 Class A, 19 low-power and 6 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 4 transmitters are within 25 miles, 8 between 25 and 45 miles, and 37 farther out. Seven of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Minneapolis, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Minneapolis's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 6 (KAAL), CBS on channel 3 (KIMT), NBC on channel 11 (KARE), Fox on channel 47 (KXLT-TV), CW on channel 10.2 (KTTC), 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). 7 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 S, at about 179°. The main network towers for Oronoco sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KAAL and KXLT-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 36 miles south of Oronoco (179° S). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Oronoco at fair strength or better, 42% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Oronoco is KXLT-TV (Fox), 36 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KIMT (CBS), 48 miles south and KARE (NBC), 69 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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Oronoco ranks 119th of 371 places in Minnesota: more than the typical Minnesota town (13). Its nearest major network tower is 36 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

41% of Minnesota's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Rochester, 10 miles away.