TV channels & antenna towers in Leander, Texas

Leander is a city of about 37,900 people in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 33 licensed TV transmitters: 14 full-power, 9 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

19 of them are within 25 miles of Leander, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 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.

The strongest network signals here 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 17.5 (KVAT-LD) and Univision on channel 62 (KAKW-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (good signal). 3 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 170°. The main network towers for Leander sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KNVA, KXAN-TV, KEYE-TV, KVUE and KTBC, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles south of Leander (170° S). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Leander at fair strength or better, 45% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Leander is KTBC (Fox), 19 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Leander ranks 213th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 13 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 Round Rock, 11 miles away.