TV channels & antenna towers in Union Gap, Washington

Union Gap is a town of about 6,040 people in Washington. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 47 licensed TV transmitters: 4 full-power, 3 Class A, 19 low-power and 21 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Union Gap, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 20 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Yakima, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Yakima's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are NBC on channel 23 (KNDO), Fox on channel 41 (KCYU-LD), CW on channel 29.2 (KIMA-TV), Univision on channel 2 (KUNW-CD) and Trinity on channel 45 (KDHW-CD). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KVEW in Kennewick, WA, 71 miles to the southeast. No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KIRO-TV in Seattle, WA, 116 miles to the northwest. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Univision (strong signal). 1 full-power station in range has no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SW, at about 223°. The main network towers for Union Gap sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, KNDO, KIMA-TV, KUNW-CD and KDHW-CD, transmit from the same tower site about 2.3 miles southwest of Union Gap (223° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Union Gap 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 Union Gap, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Union Gap is KNDO (NBC), 2.3 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KWYT-LD is only 1.9 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 17 stations at fair strength or better, Union Gap ranks 187th of 398 places in Washington: the same as the typical Washington town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 2.3 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 Yakima, 3.4 miles away.