TV channels & antenna towers in Draper, Utah

Draper, Utah has a population of about 46,800. Our map shows 154 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 13 full-power, 3 Class A, 10 low-power and 128 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

39 of them are within 25 miles of Draper, 59 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 56 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 WNW, at about 298°. The main network towers for Draper sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, KTMW, KUPX-TV, KULX-CD, KUCW and KSL-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 20 miles northwest of Draper (297° WNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Draper is KSTU (Fox), 20 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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, Draper ranks 37th of 180 places in Utah: more than the typical Utah town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 West Jordan, 7.1 miles away.