TV channels & antenna towers in Warm Springs, Montana

Warm Springs is a town of about 3,000 people in Montana. There are 41 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 5 full-power, 10 low-power and 26 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 7 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Warm Springs, 12 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 19 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 6 network stations in range are licensed to Butte, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Butte's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 18 (KWYB), CBS on channel 4 (KXLF-TV) and NBC on channel 6 (KTVM-TV). No Fox affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KIDK in Idaho Falls, ID, 186 miles to the south. 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SE, at about 126°. The main network towers for Warm Springs sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KTVM-TV, KXLF-TV and KWYB, transmit from the same tower site about 20 miles southeast of Warm Springs (126° SE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Warm Springs at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Warm Springs is KWYB (ABC), 20 miles away with a good 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 7 stations at fair strength or better, Warm Springs ranks 29th of 104 places in Montana: more than the typical Montana town (5). Its nearest major network tower is 20 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

19% of Montana's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Butte, 17 miles away.