TV channels & antenna towers in Lakewood Shores, Illinois

Lakewood Shores is a small community of about 1,350 people in Illinois. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 34 licensed TV transmitters: 16 full-power, 7 Class A and 11 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Lakewood Shores, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 31 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 12 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). 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 32°. The main network towers for Lakewood Shores 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 49 miles northeast of Lakewood Shores (32° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lakewood Shores at fair strength or better, all arrive from the northeast, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lakewood Shores is WBBM-TV (CBS), 49 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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Lakewood Shores ranks 403rd of 766 places in Illinois: fewer than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 49 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 Joliet, 17 miles away.