TV channels & antenna towers in Drain, Oregon

With roughly 1,160 residents, Drain is a small community in Oregon. Our map shows 95 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 14 full-power, 3 Class A, 23 low-power and 55 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

24 of them are within 25 miles of Drain, 47 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Eugene, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Eugene's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 9 (KEZI), CBS on channel 13 (KVAL-TV), NBC on channel 5 (KOBI), Fox on channel 34 (KLSR-TV) and CW on channel 16.2 (KMTR). 4 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 NNE, at about 23°. The main network towers for Drain sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KLSR-TV, KMTR and KVAL-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 26 miles northeast of Drain (23° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Drain at fair strength or better, 43% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Drain is KVAL-TV (CBS), 26 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KEZI (ABC), 45 miles north and KOBI (NBC), 67 miles south, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for those.

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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Drain ranks 103rd of 219 places in Oregon: the same as the typical Oregon town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 26 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

47% of Oregon's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Eugene, 30 miles away.