TV channels & antenna towers in Arcola, Texas

With roughly 1,670 residents, Arcola is a small community in Texas. Our map shows 33 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 17 full-power, 2 Class A and 14 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 30 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 24 at good or strong strength.

30 of them are within 25 miles of Arcola, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 1 is more than 45 miles out. Six of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Houston, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Houston's stations.

The best-placed network stations 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 NNW, at about 340°. The main network towers for Arcola sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, KHOU, KPXB-TV, KYAZ, KXLN-DT and KIAH and others, transmit from the same tower site about 5.0 miles northwest of Arcola (335° NNW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Arcola at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Arcola is KRIV (Fox), 5.7 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.

KHOU is only 5.0 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 30 stations at fair strength or better, Arcola ranks 58th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 5.0 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 Missouri City, 9.5 miles away.