TV channels & antenna towers in Herscher, Illinois

With roughly 1,550 residents, Herscher is a small community in Illinois. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 41 licensed TV transmitters: 19 full-power, 8 Class A, 13 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Herscher, 1 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 40 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Chicago, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chicago's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 (fair signal) and Univision (fair 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 NNE, at about 22°. The main network towers for Herscher 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 62 miles north of Herscher (22° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Herscher at fair strength or better, 45% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Herscher is WBBM-TV (CBS), 62 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 16 stations at fair strength or better, Herscher ranks 386th of 766 places in Illinois: fewer than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 62 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

18% of Illinois's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Kankakee, 13 miles away.