TV channels & antenna towers in Prairie Heights, Washington

With roughly 4,410 residents, Prairie Heights is a town in Washington. Our map shows 25 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 15 full-power, 8 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Prairie Heights, 18 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 4 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Seattle, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Seattle's stations.

The strongest network signals here 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), MeTV on channel 44.1 (KFFV) and Trinity on channel 20 (KTBW-TV). 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 NNW, at about 333°. The main network towers for Prairie Heights sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, KING-TV, KUNS-TV, KOMO-TV and KIRO-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 35 miles north of Prairie Heights (341° NNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Prairie Heights at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Prairie Heights is KCPQ (Fox), 43 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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Prairie Heights ranks 210th of 398 places in Washington: fewer than the typical Washington town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 25 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 South Hill, 7.8 miles away.