TV channels & antenna towers in West Lake Hills, Texas

West Lake Hills is a town of about 3,320 people in Texas. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 32 licensed TV transmitters: 10 full-power, 10 Class A, 11 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 18 transmitters are within 25 miles, 2 between 25 and 45 miles, and 12 farther out. Six of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Austin, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Austin's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 24 (KVUE), CBS on channel 42 (KEYE-TV), NBC on channel 36 (KXAN-TV), Fox on channel 7 (KTBC), CW on channel 54 (KNVA), ION on channel 17.5 (KVAT-LD) and Univision on channel 62 (KAKW-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (fair 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 N, at about 7°. The main network towers for West Lake Hills sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, KTBC, KEYE-TV, KVUE, KNVA and KXAN-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 1.0 miles northeast of West Lake Hills (33° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach West Lake Hills at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for West Lake Hills is KXAN-TV (NBC), 1.9 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KTBC is only 1.0 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 19 stations at fair strength or better, West Lake Hills ranks 375th of 1,039 places in Texas: more than the typical Texas town (14). Its nearest major network tower is 1.0 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 Austin, 4.1 miles away.