TV channels & antenna towers in Spring Grove, Illinois

With roughly 5,710 residents, Spring Grove is a town in Illinois. Our map shows 55 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 29 full-power, 9 Class A, 16 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 18 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 2 between 25 and 45 miles, and 53 farther 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 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) 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 NNE, at about 20°. The main network towers for Spring Grove 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 49 miles southeast of Spring Grove (140° SE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 17 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Spring Grove at fair strength or better, 53% 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 Spring Grove, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Spring Grove is WISN-TV (ABC), 49 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 26 stations at fair strength or better, Spring Grove ranks 174th of 766 places in Illinois: more than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 48 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 McHenry, 7.8 miles away.