TV channels & antenna towers in River Falls, Wisconsin

With roughly 15,300 residents, River Falls is a city in Wisconsin. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 37 licensed TV transmitters: 13 full-power, 1 Class A, 19 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 2 transmitters are within 25 miles, 19 between 25 and 45 miles, and 16 farther out. Seven of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Minneapolis, MN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Minneapolis's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 5 (KSTP-TV), CBS on channel 4 (WCCO-TV), NBC on channel 11 (KARE), Fox on channel 48 (WEUX), CW on channel 23 (WUCW), ION on channel 41 (KPXM-TV), Telemundo on channel 25 (KJNK-LD), Univision on channel 21 (WUMN-LD) and MeTV on channel 5.3 (KSTC-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal) and Univision (weak signal). 4 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 WNW, at about 299°. The main network towers for River Falls sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KMSP-TV, KSTP-TV, WUCW, WCCO-TV and KARE and others, transmit from the same tower site about 28 miles northwest of River Falls (299° WNW). 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 River Falls at fair strength or better, 78% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for River Falls is KARE (NBC), 29 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WEUX (Fox), 47 miles east, 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 17 stations at fair strength or better, River Falls ranks 151st of 423 places in Wisconsin: more than the typical Wisconsin town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 28 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

44% of Wisconsin's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Cottage Grove, 16 miles away.