TV channels & antenna towers in Johnson City, Texas

Johnson City is a small community of about 1,960 people in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 49 licensed TV transmitters: 17 full-power, 13 Class A, 18 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Johnson City, 23 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Austin, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Austin's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 24 (KVUE), CBS on channel 42 (KEYE-TV), NBC on channel 36 (KXAN-TV), Fox on channel 7 (KTBC), CW on channel 54 (KNVA), ION on channel 26 (KPXL-TV), Telemundo on channel 60 (KVDA), Univision on channel 62 (KAKW-DT) and Trinity on channel 23 (KHCE-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (fair signal). 6 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 85°. The main network towers for Johnson City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KEYE-TV, KVUE, KNVA, KXAN-TV and KTBC, transmit from the same tower site about 36 miles east of Johnson City (85° E). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Johnson City at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Johnson City is KTBC (Fox), 37 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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Johnson City ranks 473rd of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 36 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 Canyon Lake, 29 miles away.