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What channel is CBS on antenna?

It depends on your city. CBS is 2.1 in New York, 2.1 in Los Angeles, 2.1 in Chicago, 3.1 in Philadelphia, 11.1 in Dallas-Fort Worth. 194 of 210 US TV markets have their own CBS station. Find yours below or enter your ZIP.

CBS channel number in every city

All 194 markets with a local CBS station, largest first. The number is what your TV shows after a scan.

City (TV market)ChannelStation
New York, NY 2.1 WCBS-TV
Los Angeles, CA 2.1 KCBS-TV
Chicago, IL 2.1 WBBM-TV
Philadelphia, PA 3.1 KYW-TV
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 11.1 KTVT
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 5.1 KPIX-TV
Boston (Manchester), MA 4.1 WBZ-TV
Washington DC (Hagerstown), DC 9.1VHF WUSA
Atlanta, GA 69.1 WUPA
Houston, TX 11.1VHF KHOU
Phoenix (Prescott), AZ 5.1 KPHO-TV
Detroit, MI 62.1 WWJ-TV
Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota), FL 10.1VHF WTSP
Seattle-Tacoma, WA 7.1 KIRO-TV
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 4.1 WCCO-TV
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.1 WFOR-TV
Denver, CO 4.1 KCNC-TV
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL 6.1 WKMG-TV
Cleveland-Akron (Canton), OH 19.1VHF WOIO
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA 13.1 KOVR
St. Louis, MO 4.1 KMOV
Pittsburgh, PA 2.1 KDKA-TV
Portland OR, OR 6.1 KOIN
Charlotte, NC 3.1 WBTV
Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville), NC 17.1VHF WNCN
Baltimore, MD 13.1VHF WJZ-TV
Indianapolis, IN 4.1 WTTV
San Diego, CA 8.1VHF KFMB-TV
Nashville, TN 5.1 WTVF
Hartford and New Haven, CT 3.1 WFSB
Kansas City, MO 5.1 KCTV
Columbus OH, OH 10.1 WBNS-TV
San Antonio, TX 5.1 KENS
Salt Lake City, UT 2.1 KUTV
Milwaukee, WI 58.1 WDJT-TV
Cincinnati, OH 12.1VHF WKRC-TV
Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, NC 4.3 WYFF
West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, FL 12.1VHF WPEC
Austin, TX 42.1 KEYE-TV
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 3.1VHF WWMT
Las Vegas, NV 8.1VHF KLAS-TV
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA 3.1 WTKR
Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), AL 13.4VHF WVTM-TV
Oklahoma City, OK 9.1 KWTV-DT
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA 21.1 WHP-TV
Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem, NC 2.1 WFMY-TV
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM 6.1 KREZ-TV
Jacksonville, FL 47.1 WJAX-TV
Louisville, KY 32.1 WLKY
Memphis, TN 3.1 WREG-TV
New Orleans, LA 4.1 WWL-TV
Buffalo, NY 4.1 WIVB-TV
Providence-New Bedford, RI 12.1VHF WPRI-TV
Fresno-Visalia, CA 47.1 KGPE
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Hazleton, PA 22.1VHF WYOU
Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR 11.1VHF KTHV
Richmond-Petersburg, VA 6.1 WTVR-TV
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 6.1 WRGB
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), AL 5.1 WKRG-TV
Tulsa, OK 6.1 KOTV-DT
Knoxville, TN 8.1 WVLT-TV
Fort Myers-Naples, FL 11.1 WINK-TV
Lexington, KY 27.1 WKYT-TV
Dayton, OH 7.1 WHIO-TV
Wichita-Hutchinson, KS 6.1VHF KBSD-DT
Charleston-Huntington, WV 13.1VHF WOWK-TV
Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA 7.1 WDBJ
Green Bay-Appleton, WI 5.1 WFRV-TV
Honolulu, HI 5.1 KGMB
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI 5.1 WNEM-TV
Tucson (Sierra Vista), AZ 13.1 KOLD-TV
Des Moines-Ames, IA 8.1VHF KCCI
Spokane, WA 2.1 KREM
Omaha, NE 3.1 KMTV-TV
Springfield MO, MO 10.1VHF KOLR
Toledo, OH 11.1VHF WTOL
Columbia SC, SC 19.1 WLTX
Rochester NY, NY 8.1 WROC-TV
Huntsville-Decatur (Florence), AL 19.1 WHNT-TV
Portland-Auburn, ME 13.1 WGME-TV
Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg, KY 12.1VHF KFVS-TV
Madison, WI 3.1VHF WISC-TV
Shreveport, LA 12.1 KSLA
Syracuse, NY 15.1 WKOF
Champaign and Springfield-Decatur, IL 3.1 WCIA
Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX 23.2 KVEO-TV
Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX 3.1 KBTX-TV
Chattanooga, TN 12.1VHF WDEF-TV
Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO 11.1 KKTV
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City and Dubuque, IA 2.1 KGAN
El Paso (Las Cruces), TX 4.1 KDBC-TV
Savannah, GA 11.1 WTOC-TV
Baton Rouge, LA 9.1VHF WAFB
Jackson MS, MS 16.4 WAPT
Charleston SC, SC 5.1 WCSC-TV
South Bend-Elkhart, IN 22.1 WSBT-TV
Tri-Cities TN-VA, TN 11.1VHF WJHL-TV
Burlington-Plattsburgh, VT 3.1 WCAX-TV
Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC 9.1VHF WNCT-TV
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, IA 4.1VHF WHBF-TV
Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 5.1 KFSM-TV
Myrtle Beach-Florence, SC 13.1VHF WBTW
Evansville, IN 44.1 WEVV-TV
Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA 10.1 WTAJ-TV
Lincoln and Hastings-Kearney, NE 10.1VHF KOLN
Tallahassee-Thomasville, FL 6.1 WCTV
Reno, NV 2.1VHF KTVN
Tyler-Longview (Lufkin and Nacogdoches), TX 19.1 KYTX
Boise, ID 2.1 KBOI-TV
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD 3.1VHF KDLO-TV
Fort Wayne, IN 15.1 WANE-TV
Augusta-Aiken, GA 12.1VHF WRDW-TV
Youngstown, OH 27.1 WKBN-TV
Lansing, MI 6.1 WLNS-TV
Fargo, ND 11.2 KVLY-TV
Peoria-Bloomington, IL 31.1 WMBD-TV
Traverse City-Cadillac, MI 9.1VHF WWTV
Macon, GA 13.1VHF WMAZ-TV
Eugene, OR 4.1 KPIC
Montgomery-Selma, AL 8.1 WAKA
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA 3.1 KLEW-TV
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA 3.2 KEYT-TV
Lafayette LA, LA 10.1VHF KLFY-TV
Monterey-Salinas, CA 46.1 KION-TV
Columbus GA (Opelika AL), GA 3.1 WRBL
Bakersfield, CA 29.1 KBAK-TV
La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI 8.1VHF WKBT-DT
Corpus Christi, TX 10.1VHF KZTV
Amarillo, TX 10.1 KFDA-TV
Wilmington, NC 3.2 WWAY
Chico-Redding, CA 12.1 KHSL-TV
Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, MS 4.1 WCBI-TV
Wausau-Rhinelander, WI 7.1VHF WSAW-TV
Topeka, KS 13.1VHF WIBW-TV
Monroe-El Dorado, LA 8.1VHF KNOE-TV
Columbia-Jefferson City, MO 13.1 KRCG
Duluth-Superior, MN 6.2 KBJR-TV
Medford-Klamath Falls, OR 10.1 KTVL
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 6.1 KFDM
Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson (Williston), ND 17.2 KBMY
Salisbury, MD 16.1 WBOC-TV
Lubbock, TX 13.1 KLBK-TV
Wichita Falls and Lawton, TX 6.1 KAUZ-TV
Odessa-Midland, TX 7.1VHF KOSA-TV
Anchorage, AK 5.1VHF KAUU
Sioux City, IA 44.3 KPTH
Erie, PA 35.1 WSEE-TV
Joplin-Pittsburg, MO 7.1VHF KOAM-TV
Albany GA, GA 44.1 WSWG
Rochester-Mason City-Austin, MN 3.1 KIMT
Terre Haute, IN 10.1VHF WTHI-TV
Bangor, ME 5.1VHF WABI-TV
Wheeling-Steubenville, WV 7.1VHF WTRF-TV
Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill, WV 59.1VHF WVNS-TV
Binghamton, NY 12.1VHF WBNG-TV
Biloxi-Gulfport, MS 13.2 WLOX
Sherman-Ada, TX 12.1VHF KXII
Gainesville, FL 28.1 WGFL
Idaho Falls-Pocatello (Jackson), ID 8.2 K34NC-D
Abilene-Sweetwater, TX 32.1 KTAB-TV
Missoula, MT 8.1 KAJJ-CD
Billings, MT 2.1 KTVQ
Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS 22.1 WHLT
Yuma-El Centro, AZ 13.1VHF KYMA-DT
Clarksburg-Weston, WV 5.1 WDTV
Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk, IL 7.1 KHQA-TV
Utica, NY 2.2 WKTV
Rapid City, SD 21.2 KNBN
Dothan, AL 4.1 WTVY
Elmira (Corning), NY 36.2 WENY-TV
Jackson TN, TN 7.3 WBBJ-TV
Harrisonburg, VA 43.2 WSVF-CD
Marquette, MI 19.2 WZMQ
Jonesboro, AR 39.1 KJNB-CD
Bowling Green, KY 40.2 WNKY
Charlottesville, VA 19.1 WCAV
Laredo, TX 10.2VHF KXNU-CD
Grand Junction-Montrose, CO 4.2 KFQX
Butte-Bozeman, MT 4.1 KXLF-TV
Lafayette IN, IN 18.1VHF WLFI-TV
Meridian, MS 24.1 WMDN
Great Falls, MT 3.1 KRTV
Twin Falls, ID 11.1VHF KMVT
Parkersburg, WV 15.2 WTAP-TV
Casper-Riverton, WY 5.1VHF KGWL-TV
Cheyenne-Scottsbluff, WY 5.1 KGWN-TV
San Angelo, TX 8.1VHF KLST
Mankato, MN 12.1VHF KEYC-TV
Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA 3.2 KTVO
St. Joseph, MO 26.2 KNPN-CD
Fairbanks, AK 7.2 KFXF-CD
Presque Isle, ME 8.1VHF WAGM-TV
Juneau, AK 4.1VHF KUBD
Alpena, MI 11.1VHF WBKB-TV

Questions about CBS on antenna

What channel is CBS on antenna?
It depends on where you live: each city has its own CBS station with its own number. CBS is 2.1 in New York, 2.1 in Los Angeles, 2.1 in Chicago, 3.1 in Philadelphia, 11.1 in Dallas-Fort Worth. Enter your ZIP code to see the CBS station you can actually receive.
Can I get CBS with an antenna?
Yes, free, in 194 of the 210 US TV markets. Markets with no local CBS station: Springfield-Holyoke, Rockford, Panama City, Lake Charles, Watertown, Alexandria LA, Lima, Greenwood-Greenville, Bend OR, Eureka, Victoria, Zanesville, Helena, North Platte, Glendive, Puerto Rico. There, CBS may come from a neighboring city's tower or only through cable and streaming.
Why can't I get CBS with my antenna?
Run a channel rescan first: stations move frequencies. Then check your antenna points toward your CBS station's tower and is high enough for your distance. In 59 markets the CBS signal is on VHF, which many flat indoor antennas pick up poorly.

Sources: FCC LMS station data (dump 2026-11-03) and network affiliations from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), FCC filings and station websites. Credits · How it works