TV channels & antenna towers in Buda, Texas

With roughly 13,700 residents, Buda is a city in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 52 licensed TV transmitters: 18 full-power, 14 Class A, 19 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 11 at good or strong strength.

17 of them are within 25 miles of Buda, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 32 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 14 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.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 24 (KVUE), CBS on channel 42 (KEYE-TV), NBC on channel 36 (KXAN-TV), Fox on channel 7 (KTBC), CW on channel 54 (KNVA), ION on channel 17.5 (KVAT-LD), Telemundo on channel 60 (KVDA), Univision on channel 41 (KWEX-DT) and Trinity on channel 23 (KHCE-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (fair signal). 5 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 N, at about 8°. The main network towers for Buda sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KTBC, KEYE-TV, KVUE, KNVA and KXAN-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 16 miles north of Buda (10° N). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Buda at fair strength or better, 54% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Buda is KXAN-TV (NBC), 17 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.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 26 stations at fair strength or better, Buda ranks 128th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 16 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 Kyle, 7.0 miles away.