TV channels & antenna towers in Saint Paul, Minnesota

With roughly 285,000 residents, Saint Paul is a city in Minnesota. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 31 licensed TV transmitters: 12 full-power, 1 Class A, 15 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 20 transmitters are within 25 miles, 4 between 25 and 45 miles, and 7 farther 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 (good signal) and Univision (good 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 NNW, at about 346°. The main network towers for Saint Paul sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KMSP-TV, KSTP-TV, WUCW, WCCO-TV and KARE and others, transmit from the same tower site about 8.0 miles north of Saint Paul (349° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Saint Paul is KARE (NBC), 8.5 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KMWE-LD is only 0.2 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, Saint Paul ranks 5th of 371 places in Minnesota: more than the typical Minnesota town (13). Its nearest major network tower is 8.0 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

26% of Minnesota's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.