TV channels & antenna towers in Sweetwater, Texas

With roughly 10,800 residents, Sweetwater is a town in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 20 licensed TV transmitters: 8 full-power, 10 low-power and 2 translators. 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.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Sweetwater, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to San Angelo, so most of the network channels you will find here come from San Angelo's stations.

The strongest network signals here are CBS on channel 32 (KTAB-TV), NBC on channel 9 (KRBC-TV), Fox on channel 15 (KXVA), CW on channel 12.2 (KTXS-TV) and Univision on channel 41 (KEUS-LD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KAMC in Lubbock, TX, 112 miles to the northwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (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 ESE, at about 106°. The main network towers for Sweetwater 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 49 miles east of Sweetwater (106° ESE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sweetwater at fair strength or better, all arrive from the east, so this is an easy place to aim.

KTAB-TV (CBS) and KRBC-TV (NBC) lie beyond the radio horizon of their transmitter as seen from Sweetwater. Past that point signals fade quickly, so antenna height matters more than amplification.

The farthest main network tower for Sweetwater is KXVA (Fox), 49 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, Sweetwater ranks 855th of 1,039 places in Texas: fewer than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 18 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, 39 miles away.