TV channels & antenna towers in North Hudson, Wisconsin

North Hudson is a town of about 3,820 people in Wisconsin. There are 36 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 13 full-power, 1 Class A, 18 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 21 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 12 transmitters are within 25 miles, 12 between 25 and 45 miles, and 12 farther out. Seven of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Minneapolis, MN, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Minneapolis's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 WNW, at about 284°. The main network towers for North Hudson sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, KMSP-TV, KSTP-TV, WUCW, WCCO-TV and KARE and others, transmit from the same tower site about 19 miles west of North Hudson (284° WNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach North Hudson at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for North Hudson is KARE (NBC), 19 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 21 stations at fair strength or better, North Hudson ranks 74th of 423 places in Wisconsin: more than the typical Wisconsin town (12). Its nearest major network tower is 19 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 Oakdale, 10 miles away.