TV channels & antenna towers in Dayton, Texas

With roughly 7,580 residents, Dayton is a town in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 53 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 2 Class A and 30 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Dayton, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 43 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 13 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 (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 8 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 SW, at about 228°. The main network towers for Dayton sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, KRIV, KTRK-TV, KIAH, KPRC-TV and KTMD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 49 miles southwest of Dayton (228° SW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Dayton at fair strength or better, 83% 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 Dayton, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Dayton is KHOU (CBS), 50 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 22 stations at fair strength or better, Dayton ranks 241st of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 49 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

32% of Texas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Atascocita, 18 miles away.