TV channels & antenna towers in Elizabethtown, Illinois

With roughly 287 residents, Elizabethtown is a small community in Illinois. Our map shows 30 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 16 full-power, 3 Class A, 10 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 9 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 24 farther out. Six of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Evansville, IN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Evansville's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 3 (WSIL-TV), NBC on channel 6 (WPSD-TV), Fox on channel 23 (KBSI), CW on channel 7 (WTVW), ION on channel 30.3 (WELW-LD) and Telemundo on channel 15 (WYYW-CD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WTVF in Nashville, TN, 117 miles to the southeast. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 8 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 Elizabethtown are in different directions: ABC 291° WNW (33 mi) and NBC 245° WSW (41 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Two network stations, WEHT and WEVV-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 50 miles northeast of Elizabethtown (54° NE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Elizabethtown at fair strength or better, 40% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Elizabethtown is WPSD-TV (NBC), 41 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

KBSI (Fox), 69 miles west, 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 9 stations at fair strength or better, Elizabethtown ranks 656th of 766 places in Illinois: fewer than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 33 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

54% of Illinois's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Paducah, 30 miles away.