TV channels & antenna towers in Fish Lake, Indiana

With roughly 1,020 residents, Fish Lake is a small community in Indiana. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 43 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 8 Class A and 14 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

9 of them are within 25 miles of Fish Lake, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 31 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 17 network stations in range are licensed to Chicago, IL, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chicago's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 7 (WLS-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WBBM-TV), NBC on channel 16 (WNDU-TV), Fox on channel 22.2 (WSBT-TV), CW on channel 9 (WGN-TV), ION on channel 38 (WCPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WSNS-TV), Univision on channel 46 (WHME-TV) and MeTV on channel 26.3 (WCIU-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 9 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 E, at about 80°. The main network towers for Fish Lake sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WSBT-TV and WNDU-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 18 miles east of Fish Lake (79° ENE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Fish Lake at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Fish Lake is WNDU-TV (NBC), 18 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WLS-TV (ABC), 60 miles west and WBBM-TV (CBS), 60 miles west, 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Fish Lake ranks 29th of 352 places in Indiana: more than the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 18 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

29% of Indiana's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is La Porte, 8.8 miles away.