TV channels & antenna towers in Lake Catherine, Illinois

With roughly 1,380 residents, Lake Catherine is a small community in Illinois. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 56 licensed TV transmitters: 30 full-power, 9 Class A, 16 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 18 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 18 between 25 and 45 miles, and 38 farther out. Ten of the 26 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 12 (WISN-TV), CBS on channel 58 (WDJT-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WTMJ-TV), Fox on channel 6 (WITI), CW on channel 18 (WVTV), ION on channel 55 (WPXE-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WSNS-TV), Univision on channel 66 (WGBO-DT), MeTV on channel 26.3 (WCIU-TV) and Trinity on channel 52 (WWRS-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 10 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 14°. The main network towers for Lake Catherine sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WTMJ-TV, WPXE-TV, WITI, WVTV and WBME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 44 miles north of Lake Catherine (15° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake Catherine at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lake Catherine is WISN-TV (ABC), 45 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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, Lake Catherine ranks 215th of 766 places in Illinois: more than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 44 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 Round Lake Beach, 7.7 miles away.