Champaign Local Channels: How to Watch Free & Without Cable

Every Station in the Champaign Market

The streaming lineup above only covers the channels the live TV services carry. Over the air there is more: public television, independents, religious broadcasters and the low-power stations that carry the diginets. Here is the full market.

Full power

Low-power

Dark

Station details come from public FCC filings and each station’s own record. Subchannel lineups change more often than main channels do.

The Cheapest Way to Get All Four Networks in Champaign

An antenna is the only free answer, and in this market it gets you all of them. If you want them streamed instead, DirecTV Stream at $59.99 a month is the cheapest service that carries every one of the 4 network stations here.

Prices are the current base plans and change often. Local carriage is checked at signup by ZIP code.

How Far Are the Champaign Transmitters?

Most of the dial transmits from 68 miles or more out, so a roof-mounted directional antenna is the honest answer if you want the whole market. WILL-TV, WCIX broadcast on VHF, which the small flat antennas sold as "HDTV antennas" are bad at. Check the box says VHF and UHF.

Measured from downtown Champaign in a straight line. Hills, buildings and how high your antenna sits matter as much as the distance.

Sports in the Champaign Market

Regional sports networks carried here, which is where most local games actually live:

Champaign Market at a Glance