TV channels & antenna towers in Browns Lake, Wisconsin

Browns Lake is a small community of about 2,040 people in Wisconsin. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 59 licensed TV transmitters: 31 full-power, 10 Class A, 17 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 29 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Browns Lake, 16 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 41 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 27 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 strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 12 (WISN-TV), CBS on channel 58 (WDJT-TV), NBC on channel 4 (WTMJ-TV), Fox on channel 6 (WITI), CW on channel 18 (WVTV), ION on channel 55 (WPXE-TV), Telemundo on channel 44 (WSNS-TV), Univision on channel 66 (WGBO-DT), MeTV on channel 26.3 (WCIU-TV) and Trinity on channel 52 (WWRS-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (fair signal) and Univision (fair 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 NNE, at about 29°. The main network towers for Browns Lake sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WTMJ-TV, WPXE-TV, WITI, WVTV and WBME-CD and others, transmit from the same tower site about 32 miles northeast of Browns Lake (31° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 17 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Browns Lake at fair strength or better, 53% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Browns Lake is WISN-TV (ABC), 33 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 29 stations at fair strength or better, Browns Lake ranks 15th of 423 places in Wisconsin: more than the typical Wisconsin town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 32 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

44% of Wisconsin's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Muskego, 15 miles away.