TV channels & antenna towers in Harlingen, Texas

Harlingen is a city of about 65,800 people in Texas. There are 16 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 7 full-power, 4 Class A and 5 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of Harlingen, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 1 is more than 45 miles out. Three of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to McAllen, so most of the network channels you will find here come from McAllen's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 5 (KRGV-TV), NBC on channel 23 (KVEO-TV), Fox on channel 60 (KFXV-LD), CW on channel 67.2 (KMBH), ION on channel 57.2 (KAZH-LD), Telemundo on channel 40 (KTLM), Univision on channel 48 (KNVO) and Trinity on channel 44 (KLUJ-TV). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KZTV in Corpus Christi, TX, 105 miles to the north. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (strong signal). 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SW, at about 235°. The main network towers for Harlingen sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KMBH, KVEO-TV and KRGV-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 9.2 miles southwest of Harlingen (238° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Harlingen at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Harlingen is KVEO-TV (NBC), 11 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.

KGBT-TV is only 8.3 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Harlingen ranks 607th of 1,039 places in Texas: fewer than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 5.5 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 Brownsville, 23 miles away.