TV channels & antenna towers in Cottonwood Heights, Utah

Cottonwood Heights is a city of about 34,300 people in Utah. There are 157 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 13 full-power, 3 Class A, 15 low-power and 126 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

55 of them are within 25 miles of Cottonwood Heights, 44 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 58 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Salt Lake City, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Salt Lake City's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 4 (KTVX), CBS on channel 2 (KUTV), NBC on channel 5 (KSL-TV), Fox on channel 13 (KSTU), CW on channel 30 (KUCW), ION on channel 16.4 (KUPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 20 (KTMW), Univision on channel 32 (KUTH-DT) and MeTV on channel 8.1 (KCSG-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good 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 W, at about 278°. The main network towers for Cottonwood Heights sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, KTMW, KUPX-TV, KULX-CD, KEJT-CD and KUCW and others, transmit from the same tower site about 21 miles west of Cottonwood Heights (277° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cottonwood Heights at fair strength or better, 90% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cottonwood Heights is KSTU (Fox), 21 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 21 stations at fair strength or better, Cottonwood Heights ranks 37th of 180 places in Utah: more than the typical Utah town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 21 miles away, against a state median of 29 miles.

23% of Utah's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Sandy Hills, 3.4 miles away.