TV channels & antenna towers in Stamford, Texas

With roughly 2,970 residents, Stamford is a town in Texas. Our map shows 11 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 5 full-power, 5 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 5 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 3 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 5 farther out. Three of the 4 network stations in range are licensed to Abilene, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Abilene's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are CBS on channel 32 (KTAB-TV), NBC on channel 9 (KRBC-TV), Fox on channel 15 (KXVA) and CW on channel 12.2 (KTXS-TV). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KSWO-TV in Lawton, OK, 108 miles to the northeast. 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SSE, at about 165°. The main network towers for Stamford sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, KRBC-TV, KTAB-TV and KXVA, transmit from the same tower site about 48 miles south of Stamford (165° SSE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Stamford at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Stamford is KXVA (Fox), 48 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 5 stations at fair strength or better, Stamford ranks 855th of 1,039 places in Texas: fewer than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 41 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 Abilene, 35 miles away.