TV channels & antenna towers in Castle Hills, Texas

Castle Hills is a town of about 4,420 people in Texas. There are 43 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 7 Class A, 19 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 21 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 25 transmitters are within 25 miles, 4 between 25 and 45 miles, and 14 farther out. Seven of the 12 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). 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 SE, at about 138°. The main network towers for Castle Hills 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 22 miles southeast of Castle Hills (137° SE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Castle Hills at fair strength or better, 78% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Castle Hills is KSAT-TV (ABC), 23 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.

KNIC-DT is only 12 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Castle Hills ranks 108th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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, 7.0 miles away.