TV channels & antenna towers in Sheffield Lake, Ohio

With roughly 9,030 residents, Sheffield Lake is a town in Ohio. Our map shows 37 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 18 full-power, 2 Class A, 14 low-power and 3 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 17 transmitters are within 25 miles, 7 between 25 and 45 miles, and 13 farther out. Five of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Cleveland, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Cleveland's stations.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 5 (WEWS-TV), CBS on channel 19 (WOIO), NBC on channel 3 (WKYC), Fox on channel 8 (WJW), CW on channel 55 (WBNX-TV), ION on channel 23 (WVPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 6 (WTCL-LD) and Univision on channel 61 (WQHS-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (strong signal). 8 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 ESE, at about 111°. The main network towers for Sheffield Lake sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WOIO, WEWS-TV, WJW, WQHS-DT and WBNX-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 21 miles east of Sheffield Lake (111° ESE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sheffield Lake at fair strength or better, 63% 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 Sheffield Lake, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Sheffield Lake is WKYC (NBC), 22 miles away with a strong 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 22 stations at fair strength or better, Sheffield Lake ranks 135th of 686 places in Ohio: more than the typical Ohio town (18). Its nearest major network tower is 21 miles away, against a state median of 16 miles.

58% of Ohio's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Avon Lake, 4.0 miles away.