TV channels & antenna towers in Lake in the Hills, Illinois

Lake in the Hills is a city of about 29,000 people in Illinois. There are 56 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 29 full-power, 9 Class A, 17 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Lake in the Hills, 35 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 21 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 25 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 (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 ESE, at about 120°. The main network towers for Lake in the Hills 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 41 miles southeast of Lake in the Hills (118° ESE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake in the Hills at fair strength or better, 64% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lake in the Hills is WBBM-TV (CBS), 41 miles away with a fair 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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Lake in the Hills ranks 341st of 766 places in Illinois: more than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 41 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, 10 miles away.