TV channels & antenna towers in Boonville, Indiana

Boonville, Indiana has a population of about 6,180. There are 20 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 8 full-power, 3 Class A and 9 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

17 of them are within 25 miles of Boonville, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 1 is more than 45 miles out. Six of the 6 network stations in range are licensed to Evansville, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Evansville's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 25 (WEHT), NBC on channel 14 (WFIE), Fox on channel 44.2 (WEVV-TV), CW on channel 7 (WTVW), ION on channel 30.3 (WELW-LD) and Telemundo on channel 15 (WYYW-CD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WLKY in Louisville, KY, 81 miles to the east. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good 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 SW, at about 232°. The main network towers for Boonville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WFIE and WEVV-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles southwest of Boonville (230° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Boonville at fair strength or better, 60% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Boonville is WEHT (ABC), 20 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WTVW is only 5.1 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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Boonville ranks 146th of 352 places in Indiana: the same as the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 4.3 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

51% of Indiana's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Evansville, 16 miles away.