TV channels & antenna towers in Benton City, Washington

Benton City is a town of about 3,230 people in Washington. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 60 licensed TV transmitters: 7 full-power, 8 Class A, 24 low-power and 21 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 4 at good or strong strength.

18 of them are within 25 miles of Benton City, 1 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 41 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Yakima, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Yakima's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 42 (KVEW), NBC on channel 25 (KNDU), Fox on channel 11 (KBWU-LD), CW on channel 19.2 (KEPR-TV), Univision on channel 15 (KVVK-CD) and Trinity on channel 45 (KDHW-CD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KLEW-TV in Lewiston, ID, 115 miles to the east. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (fair signal). 2 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 ESE, at about 123°. The main network towers for Benton City sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KVVK-CD and KEPR-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles southeast of Benton City (129° SE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Benton City at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Benton City is KNDU (NBC), 20 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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Benton City ranks 132nd of 398 places in Washington: more than the typical Washington town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 18 miles away, against a state median of 19 miles.

16% of Washington's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Richland, 9.8 miles away.