TV channels & antenna towers in Alamo Heights, Texas

Alamo Heights is a town of about 8,040 people in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 34 licensed TV transmitters: 13 full-power, 6 Class A, 14 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 21 at good or strong strength.

24 of them are within 25 miles of Alamo Heights, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 6 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to San Antonio, so most of the network channels you will find here come from San Antonio's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 12 (KSAT-TV), CBS on channel 5 (KENS), Fox on channel 29 (KABB), CW on channel 4.2 (WOAI-TV), ION on channel 26 (KPXL-TV), Telemundo on channel 60 (KVDA), Univision on channel 41 (KWEX-DT) and Trinity on channel 23 (KHCE-TV). No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KXAN-TV in Austin, TX, 70 miles to the northeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 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 SE, at about 140°. The main network towers for Alamo Heights sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, KABB, KVDA, KHCE-TV, KWEX-DT and KENS and others, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles southeast of Alamo Heights (139° SE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Alamo Heights at fair strength or better, 88% 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 Alamo Heights, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Alamo Heights is KSAT-TV (ABC), 19 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KNIC-DT 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 26 stations at fair strength or better, Alamo Heights ranks 128th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 18 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

24% of Texas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is San Antonio, 4.5 miles away.