TV channels & antenna towers in Fern Prairie, Washington

Fern Prairie is a small community of about 1,880 people in Washington. There are 46 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 9 full-power, 6 Class A, 15 low-power and 16 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

20 of them are within 25 miles of Fern Prairie, 12 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 14 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Portland, OR, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Portland's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 2 (KATU), CBS on channel 6 (KOIN), NBC on channel 8 (KGW), Fox on channel 12 (KPTV), CW on channel 32 (KRCW-TV), ION on channel 22 (KPXG-TV) and Trinity on channel 24 (KNMT). 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 WSW, at about 244°. The main network towers for Fern Prairie sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, KRCW-TV, KATU, KOIN, KNMT and KPXG-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles southwest of Fern Prairie (243° WSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fern Prairie at fair strength or better, all arrive from the southwest, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fern Prairie is KPTV (Fox), 19 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Fern Prairie ranks 65th 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.

60% of Washington's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Camas, 3.4 miles away.