TV channels & antenna towers in Crystal City, Missouri

Crystal City, Missouri has a population of about 4,850. There are 23 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 3 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

15 of them are within 25 miles of Crystal City, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 2 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to St. Louis, so most of the network channels you will find here come from St. Louis's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 30 (KDNL-TV), CBS on channel 4 (KMOV), NBC on channel 5 (KSDK), Fox on channel 2 (KTVI), CW on channel 11 (KPLR-TV), ION on channel 46 (WRBU), Telemundo on channel 45 (WODK-LD) and MeTV on channel 24.1 (KNLC). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair 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 N, at about 6°. The main network towers for Crystal City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KPLR-TV and KTVI, transmit from the same tower site about 22 miles north of Crystal City (1° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Crystal City at fair strength or better, 71% 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 Crystal City, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Crystal City is KDNL-TV (ABC), 25 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WRBU is only 13 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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Crystal City ranks 90th of 398 places in Missouri: more than the typical Missouri town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 13 miles away, against a state median of 23 miles.

36% of Missouri's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Arnold, 15 miles away.