TV channels & antenna towers in Dearborn Heights, Michigan

With roughly 56,100 residents, Dearborn Heights is a city in Michigan. Our map shows 33 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 21 full-power, 3 Class A, 8 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 15 transmitters are within 25 miles, 0 between 25 and 45 miles, and 18 farther out. Five of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Detroit, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Detroit's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 7 (WXYZ-TV), CBS on channel 62 (WWJ-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WDIV-TV), Fox on channel 2 (WJBK), CW on channel 50 (WKBD-TV) and ION on channel 31 (WPXD-TV). 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 NNE, at about 20°. The main network towers for Dearborn Heights sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WJBK, WXYZ-TV and WDIV-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 9.1 miles north of Dearborn Heights (20° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Dearborn Heights at fair strength or better, 50% 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 Dearborn Heights, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Dearborn Heights is WDIV-TV (NBC), 11 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WTVS is only 9.2 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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Dearborn Heights ranks 14th of 447 places in Michigan: more than the typical Michigan town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 9.1 miles away, against a state median of 20 miles.

26% of Michigan's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Detroit, 12 miles away.