TV channels & antenna towers in Hastings, Michigan

Hastings is a town of about 7,280 people in Michigan. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 30 licensed TV transmitters: 15 full-power, 8 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 12 at good or strong strength.

7 of them are within 25 miles of Hastings, 16 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 7 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Grand Rapids, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Grand Rapids's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 13 (WZZM), CBS on channel 6 (WLNS-TV), NBC on channel 8 (WOOD-TV), Fox on channel 17 (WXMI), CW on channel 41.2 (WOTV), ION on channel 43 (WZPX-TV) and MeTV on channel 64.2 (WLLA). 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 WNW, at about 284°. The main network towers for Hastings 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 10 miles southwest of Hastings (237° WSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hastings at fair strength or better, 40% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hastings is WXMI (Fox), 13 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WZZM (ABC), 56 miles northwest and WLNS-TV (CBS), 47 miles east, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

WLLA is only 10 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, Hastings ranks 205th of 447 places in Michigan: the same as the typical Michigan town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 10 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 Battle Creek, 23 miles away.