TV channels & antenna towers in Santa Clara, Puerto Rico

Santa Clara is a small community of about 1,140 people in Puerto Rico. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 83 licensed TV transmitters: 28 full-power, 5 Class A, 47 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 47 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 30 at good or strong strength.

33 of them are within 25 miles of Santa Clara, 26 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 are more than 45 miles out.

For the networks, the best local options are NBC on channel 2.3 (WKAQ-TV), Fox on channel 30.2 (WSJP-LD) and Telemundo on channel 2.11 (WTIN-TV). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WCVI-TV in Christiansted, VI, 98 miles to the east. No CBS affiliate is listed within 250 miles of Santa Clara. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 25 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 SE, at about 145°. The main network towers for Santa Clara sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Of the 3 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Santa Clara at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Santa Clara is WKAQ-TV (NBC), 8.8 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.

WDWL is only 4.3 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 47 stations at fair strength or better, Santa Clara ranks 14th of 219 places in Puerto Rico: more than the typical Puerto Rico town (41). Its nearest major network tower is 8.8 miles away, against a state median of 15 miles.

30% of Puerto Rico's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Caguas, 5.4 miles away.