Free Antenna Television Channels for White Pine County, Nevada

White Pine Television District

antenna on Squaw Peak
This page serves as a convenient reference for Over The Air (Antenna) Television Viewers in White Pine County, Nevada.
White Pine County maintains fully digital television service serving Ely, McGill, Ruth, Preston, and Lund, Nevada.
The White Pine Television District brings all digital high definition free over the air television service from Reno, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City via long haul 7Ghz private microwave links that feed our hub site on 10,777' Cave Mountain above Cave Lake State Park.

From our high altitude hub on Cave, our TV signals feed 3 other translator facilities.
Squaw Peak serves downtown Ely and McGill,
Rib Hill serves the community of Lund.
Ruth is served by a site overlooking the Robinson Mining operations.

White Pine Television District
  PO Box 151704,  Ely, Nevada
89315
You can contact us via email at
whitepinenvtvdistrict@gmail.com
Our office telephone number is (775) 289-2359

White Pine TV district brings in 9 TV stations with 39 subchannels to

Ely, McGill, Lund and Ruth, Nevada

from Reno, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City

RENO
KTVN CBS 2
2.2 Scripps News   2.3 ION  2.4 Defy  2.5 Grit  21.3 Comet

KOLO ABC 8
8.2 MeTV Reno   8.3 CW   8.4 Outlaw  8.5 Quest  8.6 StartTV

KRXI FOX 11
11.2 Charge!  11.3  Antenna TV  11.4 Rewind  21.1 Nevada Sports Net

LAS VEGAS
KVVU FOX 5
5.2 Silver State Sports   5.3 Mystery   5.4 Dabl   5.5 ThisTV  5.6 Outlaw 5.7 The365

KLAS CBS 8
8.2 AntennaTV   8.3 ShopLC   8.4 Circle  33.3TBD   33.4 ThisTV   33.5 nest

KLVX PBS 10
10.2 create   10.3 PBS Kids 10.4 World

SALT LAKE CITY
KUTV CBS 2
 2.2 MyTV Utah    14.2 Comet   14.5 Charge!

KTVX ABC 4
4.2 MeTV   4.3 Rewind   4.4 Outlaw  14.3 TBD   14.5 Dabl

KSL NBC 5
5.2 Cozi HD   5.3 KSL Weather



SQUAW PEAK SITE serving downtown Ely and McGill
Translator Call Sign     RF Channel     Virtual Channel     Service
K07DU                               7                    4                ABC Salt Lake    4.1 KTVX
K09EA                               9                    2                CBS Salt Lake - 2.1 KUTV
K11EE                               11                   5         NBC Salt Lake - 5.1 KSL
K06HT                               6                    5                Fox Las Vegas -   5.2 KVVU
K13NR                             13                   10               PBS Las Vegas -  10.1 KLVX
K17NT                             17                     8               CBS Las Vegas - 8.1 KLAS
K14AL                             14                    8                ABC Reno -         8.1  KOLO
K36LU                             36                    2                CBS Reno -        2.1 KTVN
K16NB                             16                   11               FOX Reno -     11.1  KRXI
     

FM RADIO
K237AJ translator on 95.3 MHz for KSFI FM 100.3 Salt Lake City is located in WPTV's Squaw Peak building
KDSS 92.7 is Ely's local FM station with studios in downtown Ely and transmitter on Saxton peak.

Photos of our site on Squaw Peak above Ely, Nevada
                                                                                                                                                                   

CAVE MOUNTAIN SITE serving Southeast Ely -WPTV main hub

Call Sign                           RF Channel    Virtual Channel          Service
K18KA-D                           18                       11                       FOX Reno -     11.1  KRXI
K20LD-D                           20                        8                        ABC Reno -         8.1  KOLO
K24GY-D                           24                        8                        CBS Las Vegas   8.1 KLAS
K26HY-D                           26                       10                       PBS Las Vegas -10.1  KLVX
K28IZ-D                            28                         5                        Fox Las Vegas - 5.1 KVVU
K30CN-D                          30                         5                       NBC Salt Lake - 5.1 KSL
K32CJ-D                           32                         2                       CBS Salt Lake - 2.1 KUTV
K34CM-D                         34                         4                        ABC Salt Lake - 4.1 KTVX
K36LU-D                          36                         2                        CBS Reno - 2.1 KTVN

Photos of our Cave Mountain site  


RIB HILL SITE serving Lund and Preston

Call Sign                            RF Channel    Virtual Channel        Service
K08CB                              8                        4                        ABC Salt Lake - 4.1 KTVX
K10BU                            10                        2                        CBS Salt Lake -  2.1 KUTV
K25PX                            25                        8                        CBS Las Vegas - 8.1 KLAS
K27OH                            27                       10                      PBS Las Vegas - 10.1 KLVX
K12DE                             12                      5                        NBC Salt Lake - 5.1 KSL
K21OK                            21                       11                      Fox Reno - 11.1  KRXI
K23ON                            23                        5                       Fox Las Vegas - 5.1 KVVU
K25PX                             25                        8                      ABC Reno -  8.1 KOLO
K29NH                            29                         2                     CBS Reno - 8.1 2.1 KTVN

Photos of our Rib Hill site serving Lund and Preston

RUTH - Robinson Mine,  serving Ruth

Call Sign                        RF Channel                 Virtual Channel            Service
 K16LG                            16                                8               CBS Las Vegas - 8.1 KLAS
K07DV                              7                                4               ABC Salt Lake - 4.1 KTVX
K09DW                             9                                2               CBS Salt Lake - 2.1 KUTV
K12DE                            12                                5               NBC Salt Lake - 5.1 KSL
K11ED                            11                                2               CBS Salt Lake - 2.1 KUTV
K13NQ                           13                              10               PBS Las Vegas - 10.1 KLVX
K15LY                            15                                 5              Fox Las Vegas - 5.1 KVVU FOX
K17NU                           17                                 8              ABC Reno -  8.1 KOLO 
K19MM                          19                                 2              CBS Reno - 2.1  KTVN
 K21OJ                           21                              11               FOX Reno - 11.1  KRXI
 
photos of our antennas serving Ruth

WHITE PINE TELEVISION DISTRICT TV TRANSLATORS ARE ALL FULLY DIGITAL

Since the June 2009 Digital Television Transition all broadcast television is ATSC Digital Television.
This means that you need an ATSC tuner in your television, or a set top DTV converter box for older televisions. DTV has multicasting and High Definition,
reflecting exactly the signal that viewers see in the home city of the stations re-broadcast by our translators. All stations offer more than one program stream,
you can check with the website for the originating station or look at schedules at Titan TV for information on streams and schedules.
The originating stations for White Pine TV translators are;
Reno, KOLO ABC 8, KTVN CBS 2, KRXI Fox 11;
Salt Lake City KUTV CBS 2, KTVX ABC 4, KSL  NBC 5
Las Vegas KLAS CBS 8, KVVU Fox 5 and KLVX PBS 10

When tuning in a translator, use the listing above and key in the RF channel using your digital TV or set top box remote control, or use the autoscan
function to find your signal. Make sure you have the highest gain antenna possible and point it toward the mountain closest to you.
Our four sites are Squaw Peak above downtown Ely, Cave Mountain, above Cave Lake State Park, Rib Hill above Lund, and Ruth near the Ruth water tank.

Our friends in Eureka, NV, at the Eureka County TV District help us bring Reno stations to White Pine County.

White Pine TV signals are ATSC 1.0, repeating exactly the signals in the originating cities. As of this writing in March of 2025 the new ATSC 3.0 standard for TV broadcast is not on White Pine TV or the originating stations. There is a notice of proposed rule-making before the FCC in 2025 on implementing the possible future ATSC 3.0 standard for digital TV broadcast.
Comments and further information on the proposed ATSC 3.0 implementation are at;
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-seeks-comment-deployment-next-generation-tv-technology

Reccommended Antennas

antennacraft colorstar RS 15-265
To receive free over the air TV in Ely, McGill, Lund and Ruth, you will need a good antenna.
You can test reception with a wire or simple rabbit ears.
 For pixel free reception, an outdoor antenna is best.

For difficult cases, the Winegard 8200U is an excellent directional high gain antenna;
Winegard HD-8200U high gain antenna

Our experience has been that outdoor antennas bring in a better quality signal,
To receive free over the air TV in Ely, McGill, Lund and Ruth, you will need a good antenna.
You can test reception with a wire or simple rabbit ears.

For the best reception on all channels, including the low band VHF
translators on RF channels 2 - 13 in Ruth and Lund, we recommend
a VHF - UHF antenna such as the Televes DAT BOSS LR MIX.

If you want to try a quality indoor antenna without going to the hassle of an outdoor installation Indoor / Outdoor amplified panel antenna

TV Translator signals reach out reliably about 20 miles but you need an antenna with good gain
if you’re looking for signals that far away from any of the White Pine TV broadcasting sites on Squaw Peak serving Ely,
in Ruth, or at Rib Hill pointed south toward Preston and Lund, or from our hub above Cave Lake State Park.

Many have had good luck with the Channel Master CM-4228HD.
It’s designed for UHF, but seems to work okay for high VHF where signals are fairly strong. 
The 8-bay Channel Master HDB8X is a similar antenna.

An economical VHF - UHF outdoor antenna is the Winegard HD-7000 for around $45.
For slightly greater gain, the Winegard HD-769 series have proven to work well for many for high VHF (7-13) and UHF (14-36) reception. 
The Antennas Direct XG91 is the best antenna for UHF, but it may not work well for VHF (2-13) stations. 

If you want the stations transmitting on the VHF low band, channels 2-6, and high band, channels 7-13, plus UHF, the Channel Master 3018 or better 3020, or the Winegard HD8200U are your options.

The station’s transmitter channel is the one you need to refer to when choosing the type of antenna you want.  Don’t be confused by the virtual channel number.
White Pine TV only operates two low band VHF translator, channel 3 in Ruth, which is KLAS TV, CBS from Las Vegas, and channel 6, KVVU TV Fox from Las Vegas serving Ely.

Here are a few places to buy antennas:
 Solid Signal
Ace Hardware in Ely
Radio Shack in Ely
Televes antennas
Channel Master Direct
Mohu Direct
Antop USA


The Winegard "Flat Wave" and Mohu "Leaf", "Curve", and "Sky" as well as the RCA 'Ultra Thin"
offer a good VHF-UHF indoor solution starting at around $30.
flat wave mohu leaf flat antenna

The White Pine TV district is a sustaining member of the National TV and FM Translator Association  

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