TV channels & antenna towers in Tilden, Texas

With roughly 261 residents, Tilden is a small community in Texas. Our map shows 22 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 8 full-power, 6 Class A, 7 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 7 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Tilden, 0 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 22 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to San Antonio, so most of the network channels you will find here come from San Antonio's stations.

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), 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 KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi, TX, 75 miles to the southeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 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 NNE, at about 17°. The main network towers for Tilden sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, KENS, WOAI-TV, KSAT-TV, KWEX-DT and KABB and others, transmit from the same tower site about 58 miles north of Tilden (17° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Tilden at fair strength or better, all arrive from the north, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Tilden is KABB (Fox), 60 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 7 stations at fair strength or better, Tilden ranks 767th of 1,039 places in Texas: fewer than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 58 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

32% of Texas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna.