TV channels & antenna towers in Alief, Texas

With roughly 98,700 residents, Alief is a city in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 39 licensed TV transmitters: 18 full-power, 2 Class A and 19 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 32 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 22 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 32 transmitters are within 25 miles, 0 between 25 and 45 miles, and 7 farther out. Six of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Houston, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Houston's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 13 (KTRK-TV), CBS on channel 11 (KHOU), NBC on channel 2 (KPRC-TV), Fox on channel 26 (KRIV), CW on channel 39 (KIAH), ION on channel 49 (KPXB-TV), Telemundo on channel 47 (KTMD), Univision on channel 45 (KXLN-DT), MeTV on channel 51.1 (KYAZ) and Trinity on channel 14 (KETH-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 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 SSE, at about 149°. The main network towers for Alief sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, KTMD, KETH-TV, KRIV, KTRK-TV and KIAH and others, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles southeast of Alief (152° SSE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Alief at fair strength or better, 91% 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 Alief, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Alief is KHOU (CBS), 12 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KLTJ is only 11 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 32 stations at fair strength or better, Alief ranks 11th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Houston, 14 miles away.