TV channels & antenna towers in Lino Lakes, Minnesota

Lino Lakes is a city of about 21,100 people in Minnesota. There are 28 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 11 full-power, 1 Class A, 13 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

20 of them are within 25 miles of Lino Lakes, 4 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 4 are more than 45 miles out. Seven of the 9 network stations in range are licensed to Minneapolis, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Minneapolis's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 5 (KSTP-TV), CBS on channel 4 (WCCO-TV), NBC on channel 11 (KARE), Fox on channel 9 (KMSP-TV), CW on channel 23 (WUCW), ION on channel 41 (KPXM-TV), Telemundo on channel 25 (KJNK-LD), Univision on channel 21 (WUMN-LD) and MeTV on channel 5.3 (KSTC-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (fair signal). 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 SSW, at about 199°. The main network towers for Lino Lakes sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WCCO-TV, KARE, KSTC-TV, KSTP-TV and WUCW and others, transmit from the same tower site about 7.2 miles south of Lino Lakes (200° SSW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Lino Lakes is KMSP-TV (Fox), 7.3 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

WCCO-TV is only 7.2 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Lino Lakes ranks 5th of 371 places in Minnesota: more than the typical Minnesota town (13). Its nearest major network tower is 7.2 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

26% of Minnesota's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Blaine, 7.1 miles away.