TV channels & antenna towers in South Gull Lake, Michigan

South Gull Lake is a small community of about 1,180 people in Michigan. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 38 licensed TV transmitters: 20 full-power, 8 Class A and 10 low-power. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 6 at good or strong strength.

12 of them are within 25 miles of South Gull Lake, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 21 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 17 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 13 (WZZM), 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 (weak 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 NNW, at about 341°. The main network towers for South Gull Lake 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 13 miles north of South Gull Lake (346° NNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach South Gull Lake at fair strength or better, 50% 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 South Gull Lake, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for South Gull Lake is WXMI (Fox), 22 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WZZM (ABC), 69 miles north, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is 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 that one.

WLLA is only 13 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, South Gull Lake ranks 205th of 447 places in Michigan: the same as the typical Michigan town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 13 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, 12 miles away.