TV channels & antenna towers in Onarga, Illinois

With roughly 1,320 residents, Onarga is a small community in Illinois. Our map shows 15 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 8 full-power, 3 Class A, 3 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 6 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 2 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Onarga, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Two of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to Champaign, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Champaign's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 15 (WICD), CBS on channel 3 (WCIA), NBC on channel 17 (WAND), Fox on channel 27 (WCCU) and CW on channel 23 (WBUI). 2 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 S, at about 174°. The main network towers for Onarga sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WICD and WCCU, transmit from the same tower site about 45 miles south of Onarga (174° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Onarga at fair strength or better, 40% 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 Onarga, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Onarga is WCCU (Fox), 45 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WCIA (CBS), 48 miles southwest and WAND (NBC), 68 miles southwest, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for those.

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 6 stations at fair strength or better, Onarga ranks 740th of 766 places in Illinois: fewer than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 45 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 Kankakee, 29 miles away.