TV channels & antenna towers in Parchment, Michigan

Parchment, Michigan has a population of about 1,850. There are 37 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 19 full-power, 8 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 19 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

10 of them are within 25 miles of Parchment, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 22 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.

The best-placed network stations 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 5°. The main network towers for Parchment 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 Parchment (19° NNE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Parchment at fair strength or better, 55% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Parchment is WOOD-TV (NBC), 25 miles away with a fair 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 19 stations at fair strength or better, Parchment ranks 129th 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, 2.7 miles away.