TV channels & antenna towers in Madison, Indiana

With roughly 12,000 residents, Madison is a city in Indiana. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 30 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 3 Class A, 4 low-power and 2 translators. 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.

By distance, 0 transmitters are within 25 miles, 13 between 25 and 45 miles, and 17 farther out. Four of the 12 network stations in range are licensed to Louisville, KY, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Louisville's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 9 (WCPO-TV), CBS on channel 32 (WLKY), NBC on channel 3 (WAVE), Fox on channel 41 (WDRB), CW on channel 58 (WBKI), ION on channel 63 (WIPX-TV) and Telemundo on channel 25 (WBQC-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal). 10 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 224°. The main network towers for Madison sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WAVE, WLKY, WHAS-TV, WDRB and WBKI, transmit from the same tower site about 35 miles southwest of Madison (224° SW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 9 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Madison at fair strength or better, 56% 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 Madison, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Madison is WDRB (Fox), 37 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WCPO-TV (ABC), 54 miles northeast, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is 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 that one.

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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Madison ranks 146th of 352 places in Indiana: the same as the typical Indiana town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 35 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 Jeffersonville, 37 miles away.