TV channels & antenna towers in Weatherby Lake, Missouri

Weatherby Lake is a small community of about 1,850 people in Missouri. There are 33 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 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.

18 of them are within 25 miles of Weatherby Lake, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles 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 SSE, at about 150°. The main network towers for Weatherby Lake 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 13 miles southeast of Weatherby Lake (155° SSE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Weatherby Lake 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 Weatherby Lake, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Weatherby Lake is KSHB-TV (NBC), 20 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WDAF-TV 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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Weatherby Lake ranks 2nd 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 Gladstone, 7.9 miles away.