TV channels & antenna towers in Scappoose, Oregon

Scappoose is a town of about 6,950 people in Oregon. There are 65 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 5 Class A, 21 low-power and 29 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

20 of them are within 25 miles of Scappoose, 8 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 37 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Portland, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Portland's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 2 (KATU), CBS on channel 6 (KOIN), NBC on channel 8 (KGW), Fox on channel 12 (KPTV), CW on channel 32 (KRCW-TV), ION on channel 22 (KPXG-TV) and Trinity on channel 24 (KNMT). 3 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 158°. The main network towers for Scappoose sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, KPXG-TV, KGW, KPTV, KRCW-TV and KATU and others, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles south of Scappoose (158° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Scappoose at fair strength or better, 57% 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 Scappoose, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Scappoose is KOIN (CBS), 18 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic 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 21 stations at fair strength or better, Scappoose ranks 20th of 219 places in Oregon: more than the typical Oregon town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 Vancouver, 13 miles away.