TV channels & antenna towers in Franksville, Wisconsin

Franksville, Wisconsin has a population of about 1,850. There are 48 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 26 full-power, 9 Class A, 12 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 30 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

18 of them are within 25 miles of Franksville, 0 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 30 are more than 45 miles out. Ten of the 20 network stations in range are licensed to Chicago, IL, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Chicago's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 N, at about 360°. The main network towers for Franksville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Seven network stations, WPXE-TV, WITI, WTMJ-TV, WVTV and WISN-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 23 miles north of Franksville (2° N). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Franksville at fair strength or better, 56% 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 Franksville, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Franksville is WDJT-TV (CBS), 24 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor 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 30 stations at fair strength or better, Franksville ranks 11th of 423 places in Wisconsin: more than the typical Wisconsin town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 23 miles away, against a state median of 25 miles.

30% of Wisconsin's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Caledonia, 3.3 miles away.