TV channels & antenna towers in Plainview, Texas

With roughly 20,900 residents, Plainview is a town in Texas. Our map shows 35 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 7 full-power, 2 Class A, 10 low-power and 16 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 6 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Plainview, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 21 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Lubbock, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Lubbock's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 28 (KAMC), CBS on channel 13 (KLBK-TV), NBC on channel 11 (KCBD), Fox on channel 34 (KJTV-TV), CW on channel 22 (KLCW-TV), ION on channel 15.5 (KAUO-LD), Telemundo on channel 46 (KXTQ-CD) and MeTV on channel 48.1 (KLBB-LD). 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 S, at about 191°. The main network towers for Plainview sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, KCBD, KXTQ-CD, KLCW-TV and KJTV-CD, transmit from the same tower site about 48 miles south of Plainview (191° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Plainview at fair strength or better, all arrive from the south, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Plainview is KCBD (NBC), 48 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 6 stations at fair strength or better, Plainview ranks 805th of 1,039 places in Texas: fewer than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 45 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

32% of Texas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Lubbock, 43 miles away.