TV channels & antenna towers in Comstock Northwest, Michigan

Comstock Northwest is a town of about 5,460 people in Michigan. There are 36 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 19 full-power, 7 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

9 of them are within 25 miles of Comstock Northwest, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 21 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 16 network stations in range are licensed to South Bend, IN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from South Bend's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 57 (WBND-LD), CBS on channel 3 (WWMT), NBC on channel 8 (WOOD-TV), Fox on channel 17 (WXMI), CW on channel 41.2 (WOTV), ION on channel 43 (WZPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 69.2 (WMYS-LD), Univision on channel 46 (WHME-TV) and MeTV on channel 64.2 (WLLA). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (very weak signal) and Univision (fair signal). 6 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 N, at about 359°. The main network towers for Comstock Northwest sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WLLA, WOTV and WZPX-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles north of Comstock Northwest (10° N). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Comstock Northwest at fair strength or better, 46% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Comstock Northwest is WXMI (Fox), 25 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.

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 20 stations at fair strength or better, Comstock Northwest ranks 91st of 447 places in Michigan: more than the typical Michigan town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 17 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

56% of Michigan's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Kalamazoo, 4.1 miles away.