TV channels & antenna towers in Erda, Utah

Erda is a town of about 4,640 people in Utah. There are 124 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 13 full-power, 3 Class A, 13 low-power and 95 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 20 at good or strong strength.

20 of them are within 25 miles of Erda, 20 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 84 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 (strong 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 ENE, at about 59°. The main network towers for Erda sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Nine network stations, KTMW, KUPX-TV, KSTU, KUCW and KSL-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 6.0 miles northeast of Erda (62° ENE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Erda is KSL-TV (NBC), 6.2 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KTMW is only 6.0 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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Erda ranks 11th of 180 places in Utah: more than the typical Utah town (15). Its nearest major network tower is 6.0 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 Tooele, 5.7 miles away.