TV channels & antenna towers in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

Grosse Pointe Shores is a town of about 2,720 people in Michigan. There are 26 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 16 full-power, 3 Class A and 7 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

15 of them are within 25 miles of Grosse Pointe Shores, 0 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 12 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). 4 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 W, at about 277°. The main network towers for Grosse Pointe Shores sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WDIV-TV and WJBK, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles west of Grosse Pointe Shores (281° W). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Grosse Pointe Shores is WXYZ-TV (ABC), 19 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WADL is only 8.1 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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Grosse Pointe Shores ranks 205th of 447 places in Michigan: the same as the typical Michigan town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 15 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 Saint Clair Shores, 4.2 miles away.