TV channels & antenna towers in Washington Park, Illinois

With roughly 3,990 residents, Washington Park is a town 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, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

19 of them are within 25 miles of Washington Park, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 5 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 (fair 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 247°. The main network towers for Washington Park 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 13 miles west of Washington Park (254° WSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Washington Park at fair strength or better, 71% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Washington Park is KTVI (Fox), 17 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

KDNL-TV is only 13 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 21 stations at fair strength or better, Washington Park ranks 295th of 766 places in Illinois: more than the typical Illinois town (17). Its nearest major network tower is 13 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

28% of Illinois's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is East Saint Louis, 3.2 miles away.