TV channels & antenna towers in San Antonio, Texas

With roughly 1,470,000 residents, San Antonio is a city in Texas. Our map shows 33 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 12 full-power, 6 Class A, 14 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 21 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 23 transmitters are within 25 miles, 4 between 25 and 45 miles, and 6 farther out. San Antonio is a broadcast hub in its own right: seven of the 8 network stations in range are licensed here.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 12 (KSAT-TV), CBS on channel 5 (KENS), Fox on channel 29 (KABB), CW on channel 4.2 (WOAI-TV), ION on channel 26 (KPXL-TV), Telemundo on channel 60 (KVDA), Univision on channel 41 (KWEX-DT) and Trinity on channel 23 (KHCE-TV). No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KXAN-TV in Austin, TX, 75 miles to the northeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 4 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 SE, at about 126°. The main network towers for San Antonio sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, KABB, KVDA, KHCE-TV, KWEX-DT and KENS and others, transmit from the same tower site about 16 miles southeast of San Antonio (124° SE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach San Antonio at fair strength or better, 88% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for San Antonio is KSAT-TV (ABC), 18 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.

KCOR-CD is only 0.4 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 26 stations at fair strength or better, San Antonio ranks 128th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 16 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

24% of Texas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna.