TV channels & antenna towers in Indian Heights, Indiana

Indian Heights, Indiana has a population of about 3,010. There are 39 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 8 Class A, 13 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Indian Heights, 23 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 15 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Indianapolis, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Indianapolis's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 6 (WRTV), CBS on channel 29 (WTTK), NBC on channel 13 (WTHR), Fox on channel 59 (WXIN), CW on channel 18.2 (WLFI-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WDNI-CD), Univision on channel 40 (WHMB-TV) and MeTV on channel 46.1 (WALV-CD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (weak signal) and Univision (fair signal). 5 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 S, at about 186°. The main network towers for Indian Heights sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, WHMB-TV, WISH-TV, WXIN and WTTK, transmit from the same tower site about 37 miles south of Indian Heights (187° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 7 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Indian Heights at fair strength or better, 86% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Indian Heights is WXIN (Fox), 37 miles away with a good 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.

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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Indian Heights ranks 263rd of 352 places in Indiana: fewer than the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 26 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 Kokomo, 4.1 miles away.