TV channels & antenna towers in Highland Park, Illinois

Highland Park is a town of about 29,700 people in Illinois. There are 51 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 26 full-power, 9 Class A and 16 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 33 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

28 of them are within 25 miles of Highland Park, 0 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 23 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 19 network stations in range are licensed to Chicago, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chicago's stations.

The best-placed network stations 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). 11 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 SSE, at about 158°. The main network towers for Highland Park sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, WGBO-DT, WFLD, WMAQ-TV, WSNS-TV and WWME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 22 miles southeast of Highland Park (155° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Highland Park at fair strength or better, 56% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Highland Park is WBBM-TV (CBS), 23 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic 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 33 stations at fair strength or better, Highland Park ranks 1st of 766 places in Illinois: more than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 22 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 Skokie, 11 miles away.