TV channels & antenna towers in Holiday Lakes, Texas

With roughly 1,170 residents, Holiday Lakes is a small community in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 32 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 2 Class A and 13 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Holiday Lakes, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 0 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 10 network stations in range are licensed to Houston, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Houston's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 7 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 N, at about 3°. The main network towers for Holiday Lakes sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, KHOU, KPXB-TV, KYAZ, KXLN-DT and KIAH and others, transmit from the same tower site about 24 miles north of Holiday Lakes (2° N). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Holiday Lakes at fair strength or better, all arrive from the north, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Holiday Lakes is KRIV (Fox), 25 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 21 stations at fair strength or better, Holiday Lakes ranks 288th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 24 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 Lake Jackson, 13 miles away.