TV channels & antenna towers in Crystal Lake, Connecticut

With roughly 1,950 residents, Crystal Lake is a small community in Connecticut. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 63 licensed TV transmitters: 37 full-power, 10 Class A, 13 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 38 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

8 of them are within 25 miles of Crystal Lake, 18 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 37 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 30 network stations in range are licensed to Springfield, MA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Springfield's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 40 (WGGB-TV), CBS on channel 3 (WFSB), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 20 (WCCT-TV), ION on channel 26 (WHPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WRDM-CD), Univision on channel 66 (WUNI) and MeTV on channel 6.5 (WLNE-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 16 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

The main network towers around Crystal Lake are in different directions: ABC 327° NNW (26 mi), CBS 244° WSW (24 mi), NBC 236° SW (28 mi) and Fox 236° SW (28 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Five network stations, WTIC-TV, WCCT-TV, WHPX-TV, WRDM-CD and WVIT, transmit from the same tower site about 28 miles southwest of Crystal Lake (236° SW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 20 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Crystal Lake at fair strength or better, 35% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across five other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Crystal Lake is WVIT (NBC), 28 miles away with a good 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 38 stations at fair strength or better, Crystal Lake ranks 12th of 183 places in Connecticut: more than the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 16 miles away, against a state median of 15 miles.

73% of Connecticut's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Enfield, 11 miles away.