TV channels & antenna towers in Pleasant Valley, Missouri

Pleasant Valley, Missouri has a population of about 3,060. Our map shows 27 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 13 full-power, 3 Class A, 10 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 17 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 4 farther 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 (good 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 SSW, at about 200°. The main network towers for Pleasant Valley sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KCWE and KMBC-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 9.3 miles south of Pleasant Valley (191° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Pleasant Valley at fair strength or better, 63% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

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

KSMO-TV is only 8.7 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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Pleasant Valley ranks 30th of 398 places in Missouri: more than the typical Missouri town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 9.3 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 Gladstone, 3.9 miles away.