TV channels & antenna towers in Fairview Heights, Illinois

Fairview Heights, Illinois has a population of about 16,800. There are 24 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 10 full-power, 4 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

19 of them are within 25 miles of Fairview Heights, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 2 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to St. Louis, MO, so most of the network channels you will find here come from St. Louis's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 30 (KDNL-TV), CBS on channel 4 (KMOV), NBC on channel 5 (KSDK), Fox on channel 2 (KTVI), CW on channel 11 (KPLR-TV), ION on channel 46 (WRBU), Telemundo on channel 45 (WODK-LD) and MeTV on channel 24.1 (KNLC). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal). 3 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna W, at about 263°. The main network towers for Fairview Heights sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KDNL-TV and KSDK, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles west of Fairview Heights (268° W). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fairview Heights at fair strength or better, 71% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fairview Heights is KTVI (Fox), 21 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor 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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Fairview Heights ranks 275th of 766 places in Illinois: more than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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 Belleville, 4.8 miles away.