TV channels & antenna towers in Saint Jacob, Illinois

With roughly 1,100 residents, Saint Jacob is a small community in Illinois. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 27 licensed TV transmitters: 11 full-power, 4 Class A, 11 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 15 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

6 of them are within 25 miles of Saint Jacob, 15 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 6 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 8 network stations in range are licensed to St. Louis, MO, so most of the network channels you will find here come from St. Louis's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 30 (KDNL-TV), CBS on channel 4 (KMOV), NBC on channel 5 (KSDK), Fox on channel 2 (KTVI), CW on channel 11 (KPLR-TV), ION on channel 46 (WRBU), Telemundo on channel 45 (WODK-LD) and MeTV on channel 24.1 (KNLC). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal). 4 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 WSW, at about 250°. The main network towers for Saint Jacob sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, KDNL-TV and KSDK, transmit from the same tower site about 32 miles west of Saint Jacob (253° WSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Saint Jacob at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Saint Jacob is KTVI (Fox), 35 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 15 stations at fair strength or better, Saint Jacob ranks 403rd of 766 places in Illinois: fewer than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 31 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 O'Fallon, 11 miles away.