TV channels & antenna towers in Lake Stevens, Washington

Lake Stevens is a city of about 30,900 people in Washington. There are 27 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 9 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 18 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Lake Stevens, 18 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 8 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Seattle, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Seattle's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 4 (KOMO-TV), CBS on channel 7 (KIRO-TV), NBC on channel 5 (KING-TV), Fox on channel 13 (KCPQ), CW on channel 51 (KUNS-TV), ION on channel 33 (KWPX-TV), Univision on channel 12 (KVOS-TV), MeTV on channel 44.1 (KFFV) and Trinity on channel 20 (KTBW-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (good signal). 7 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 SSW, at about 207°. The main network towers for Lake Stevens sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, KING-TV, KIRO-TV, KUNS-TV and KOMO-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 30 miles southwest of Lake Stevens (207° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake Stevens at fair strength or better, 78% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lake Stevens is KOMO-TV (ABC), 30 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KCPQ (Fox), 47 miles southwest, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

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 18 stations at fair strength or better, Lake Stevens ranks 169th of 398 places in Washington: more than the typical Washington town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 30 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 Marysville, 5.8 miles away.