TV channels & antenna towers in Cherry Valley, Illinois

Cherry Valley is a town of about 3,100 people in Illinois. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 22 licensed TV transmitters: 10 full-power, 1 Class A, 10 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

6 of them are within 25 miles of Cherry Valley, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Rockford, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Rockford's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 17 (WTVO), CBS on channel 23 (WIFR-LD), NBC on channel 13 (WREX), Fox on channel 39 (WQRF-TV), CW on channel 19 (WSLN), ION on channel 57 (WIFS) and Telemundo on channel 23 (WFBN-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good 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 WNW, at about 287°. The main network towers for Cherry Valley sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WQRF-TV, WTVO and WSLN, transmit from the same tower site about 12 miles west of Cherry Valley (288° 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 Cherry Valley at fair strength or better, 56% 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 Cherry Valley, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Cherry Valley is WREX (NBC), 15 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WISC-TV (CBS), 64 miles northwest, 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.

WQRF-TV is only 12 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Cherry Valley ranks 534th of 766 places in Illinois: fewer than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 12 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

28% of Illinois's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Belvidere, 5.7 miles away.