TV channels & antenna towers in Hanover Park, Illinois

With roughly 38,300 residents, Hanover Park is a city in Illinois. Our map shows 42 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 19 full-power, 7 Class A, 15 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Hanover Park, 30 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 12 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Chicago, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chicago's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 7 (WLS-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WBBM-TV), NBC on channel 5 (WMAQ-TV), Fox on channel 32 (WFLD), CW on channel 9 (WGN-TV), ION on channel 38 (WCPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WSNS-TV), Univision on channel 66 (WGBO-DT) and MeTV on channel 26.3 (WCIU-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 6 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 ESE, at about 107°. The main network towers for Hanover Park sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, WFLD, WMAQ-TV, WSNS-TV, WWME-CD and WCIU-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 27 miles east of Hanover Park (107° ESE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hanover Park at fair strength or better, all arrive from the east, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hanover Park is WBBM-TV (CBS), 27 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Hanover Park ranks 215th of 766 places in Illinois: more than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 27 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 Elgin, 7.5 miles away.