TV channels & antenna towers in Lake Michigan Beach, Michigan

With roughly 1,220 residents, Lake Michigan Beach is a small community in Michigan. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 60 licensed TV transmitters: 28 full-power, 14 Class A and 18 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 12 between 25 and 45 miles, and 47 farther out. Ten of the 23 network stations in range are licensed to Chicago, IL, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chicago's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 7 (WLS-TV), CBS on channel 3 (WWMT), NBC on channel 16 (WNDU-TV), Fox on channel 22.2 (WSBT-TV), CW on channel 41.2 (WOTV), ION on channel 43 (WZPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WSNS-TV), Univision on channel 46 (WHME-TV) and MeTV on channel 64.2 (WLLA). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (good 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 S, at about 169°. The main network towers for Lake Michigan Beach sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WSBT-TV and WNDU-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 42 miles south of Lake Michigan Beach (169° S). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake Michigan Beach at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Lake Michigan Beach is WNDU-TV (NBC), 43 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WLS-TV (ABC), 69 miles west and WWMT (CBS), 51 miles northeast, 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.

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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Lake Michigan Beach ranks 14th of 447 places in Michigan: more than the typical Michigan town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 42 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 Granger, 35 miles away.