TV channels & antenna towers in Mill Creek East, Washington

Mill Creek East, Washington has a population of about 15,700. 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, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 14 transmitters are within 25 miles, 7 between 25 and 45 miles, and 6 farther 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.

For the networks, the best local options 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 SW, at about 215°. The main network towers for Mill Creek East 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 16 miles southwest of Mill Creek East (208° SSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Mill Creek East at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Mill Creek East is KCPQ (Fox), 35 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic 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, Mill Creek East ranks 5th of 398 places in Washington: more than the typical Washington town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 16 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 Bothell, 5.2 miles away.