TV channels & antenna towers in Griffith, Indiana

Griffith is a city of about 16,400 people in Indiana. There are 42 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 20 full-power, 7 Class A and 15 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 28 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Griffith, 28 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 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 best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 7 (WLS-TV), CBS on channel 2 (WBBM-TV), NBC on channel 5 (WMAQ-TV), Fox on channel 32 (WFLD), CW on channel 9 (WGN-TV), ION on channel 38 (WCPX-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). 8 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 NNW, at about 336°. The main network towers for Griffith sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Ten network stations, WBBM-TV, WCPX-TV, WLS-TV, WFLD and WMAQ-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 27 miles northwest of Griffith (336° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Griffith at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Griffith is WFLD (Fox), 27 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WYIN is only 12 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 28 stations at fair strength or better, Griffith ranks 8th of 352 places in Indiana: more than the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 27 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 Hammond, 5.5 miles away.