TV channels & antenna towers in Rock Creek, Minnesota

Rock Creek is a small community of about 1,600 people in Minnesota. There are 29 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 1 Class A, 13 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 11 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 2 between 25 and 45 miles, and 26 farther out. Seven of the 9 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 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). 3 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 190°. The main network towers for Rock Creek 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 49 miles south of Rock Creek (190° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Rock Creek at fair strength or better, 86% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Rock Creek is KMSP-TV (Fox), 49 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 11 stations at fair strength or better, Rock Creek ranks 206th of 371 places in Minnesota: fewer than the typical Minnesota town (13). Its nearest major network tower is 36 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 Andover, 40 miles away.