TV channels & antenna towers in Tea, South Dakota

With roughly 4,840 residents, Tea is a town in South Dakota. Our map shows 29 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 14 full-power, 12 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

13 of them are within 25 miles of Tea, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 14 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Sioux Falls, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sioux Falls's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 13 (KSFY-TV), Fox on channel 46.2 (KDLT-TV), CW on channel 4.2 (KTIV) and ION on channel 36 (KSFL-TV). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KMTV-TV in Omaha, NE, 153 miles to the south. No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WOWT in Omaha, NE, 153 miles to the south. 7 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 ENE, at about 73°. The main network towers for Tea sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, KSFL-TV, KDLT-TV, KELO-TV and KSFY-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 14 miles east of Tea (73° ENE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Tea at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Tea is KSFY-TV (ABC), 16 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KDLT-TV is only 15 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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Tea ranks 2nd of 101 places in South Dakota: more than the typical South Dakota town (4). Its nearest major network tower is 14 miles away, against a state median of 31 miles.

35% of South Dakota's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Sioux Falls, 9.9 miles away.