TV channels & antenna towers in Kilgore, Texas

With roughly 14,900 residents, Kilgore is a city in Texas. Our map shows 32 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 13 full-power, 2 Class A and 17 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 9 transmitters are within 25 miles, 9 between 25 and 45 miles, and 14 farther out. Five of the 13 network stations in range are licensed to Shreveport, LA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Shreveport's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 3 (KTBS-TV), CBS on channel 12 (KSLA), NBC on channel 56 (KETK-TV), Fox on channel 51 (KFXK-TV), CW on channel 19.2 (KYTX), ION on channel 45.3 (KSHV-TV) and Telemundo on channel 19 (KTSH-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 2 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 218°. The main network towers for Kilgore sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KMSS-TV, KSHV-TV, KSLA, KTBS-TV and KPXJ, transmit from the same tower site about 58 miles east of Kilgore (70° ENE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Kilgore at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Kilgore is KETK-TV (NBC), 34 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KTBS-TV (ABC), 59 miles east and KSLA (CBS), 58 miles east, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for those.

KFXK-TV is only 9.8 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, Kilgore ranks 427th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 9.8 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 Longview, 11 miles away.