TV channels & antenna towers in Grain Valley, Missouri

Grain Valley is a town of about 13,400 people in Missouri. There are 25 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 11 full-power, 3 Class A, 10 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

17 of them are within 25 miles of Grain Valley, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 6 are more than 45 miles out. Eight of the 13 network stations in range are licensed to Kansas City, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Kansas City's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 9 (KMBC-TV), CBS on channel 5 (KCTV), NBC on channel 41 (KSHB-TV), Fox on channel 4 (WDAF-TV), CW on channel 29 (KCWE), ION on channel 50 (KPXE-TV), Telemundo on channel 39 (KGKC-LD), Univision on channel 14 (KUKC-LD) and Trinity on channel 16 (KTAJ-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (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 W, at about 277°. The main network towers for Grain Valley sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KTAJ-TV and KPXE-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles west of Grain Valley (272° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Grain Valley at fair strength or better, all arrive from the west, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Grain Valley is WDAF-TV (Fox), 22 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.

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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Grain Valley ranks 116th of 398 places in Missouri: more than the typical Missouri town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 16 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 Blue Springs, 4.5 miles away.