TV channels & antenna towers in Bend, Oregon

With roughly 87,000 residents, Bend is a city in Oregon. Our map shows 38 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 3 full-power, 3 Class A, 13 low-power and 19 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

16 of them are within 25 miles of Bend, 19 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 3 are more than 45 miles out. Bend is a broadcast hub in its own right: five of the 5 network stations in range are licensed here.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 18 (KOHD), CBS on channel 7 (KBNZ-LD), Fox on channel 39 (KFXO-CD), CW on channel 21.2 (KTVZ) and Telemundo on channel 20 (KQRE-CD). No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KGW in Portland, OR, 123 miles to the northwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal). 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 NNW, at about 328°. The main network towers for Bend sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KFXO-CD, KTVZ and KOHD, transmit from the same tower site about 1.6 miles northwest of Bend (329° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Bend is KOHD (ABC), 1.6 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.

KABH-CD is only 1.4 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Bend ranks 151st of 219 places in Oregon: fewer than the typical Oregon town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 1.6 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

22% of Oregon's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.