TV channels & antenna towers in Parkville, Missouri

Parkville is a town of about 6,300 people in Missouri. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 33 licensed TV transmitters: 15 full-power, 4 Class A, 13 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 18 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 9 farther out. Eight of the 16 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). 5 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 SE, at about 146°. The main network towers for Parkville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WDAF-TV and KCTV, transmit from the same tower site about 9.6 miles southeast of Parkville (151° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Parkville at fair strength or better, 78% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Parkville is KSHB-TV (NBC), 17 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.

WDAF-TV is only 9.6 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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Parkville ranks 2nd of 398 places in Missouri: more than the typical Missouri town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 9.6 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 Kansas City, 6.3 miles away.