TV channels & antenna towers in Grand Prairie, Texas

Grand Prairie is a city of about 188,000 people in Texas. There are 40 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 18 full-power, 2 Class A and 20 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 31 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 23 at good or strong strength.

33 of them are within 25 miles of Grand Prairie, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 1 is more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Dallas, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Dallas's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 8 (WFAA), CBS on channel 11 (KTVT), NBC on channel 5 (KXAS-TV), Fox on channel 4 (KDFW), CW on channel 33 (KDAF), ION on channel 68 (KPXD-TV), Telemundo on channel 39 (KXTX-TV), Univision on channel 23 (KUVN-DT), MeTV on channel 55.2 (KAZD) and Trinity on channel 58 (KDTX-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong 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 S, at about 173°. The main network towers for Grand Prairie sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Eight network stations, KPXD-TV, KUVN-DT, KDTX-TV, KAZD and KDFW and others, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles south of Grand Prairie (172° S). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Grand Prairie at fair strength or better, 91% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Grand Prairie is KTVT (CBS), 14 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KPXD-TV is only 11 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 31 stations at fair strength or better, Grand Prairie ranks 33rd of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 8.8 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 Arlington, 6.4 miles away.