TV channels & antenna towers in Universal City, Texas

With roughly 20,000 residents, Universal City is a town in Texas. Our map shows 48 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 18 full-power, 10 Class A, 19 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 33 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 24 transmitters are within 25 miles, 4 between 25 and 45 miles, and 20 farther out. Seven of the 14 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), NBC on channel 36 (KXAN-TV), 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). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (strong signal). 5 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 175°. The main network towers for Universal City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, KVDA, KABB, KHCE-TV, KWEX-DT and KENS and others, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles south of Universal City (174° S). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Universal City at fair strength or better, 54% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Universal City is KSAT-TV (ABC), 19 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

KXAN-TV (NBC), 61 miles northeast, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 33 stations at fair strength or better, Universal City ranks 2nd of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 18 miles away, against a state median of 26 miles.

24% of Texas's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is New Braunfels, 15 miles away.