TV channels & antenna towers in Castroville, Texas

Castroville, Texas has a population of about 2,930. There are 33 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 12 full-power, 6 Class A, 13 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

11 of them are within 25 miles of Castroville, 15 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 7 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 8 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, 93 miles to the northeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good 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 E, at about 98°. The main network towers for Castroville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, KABB, KWEX-DT, KENS, WOAI-TV and KVDA and others, transmit from the same tower site about 37 miles east of Castroville (97° E). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Castroville at fair strength or better, 88% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Castroville is KSAT-TV (ABC), 38 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Castroville ranks 335th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 21 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

43% of Texas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is San Antonio, 24 miles away.