A pair of 8-bay bowties- one aimed North and one South- have become a common configuration here and they work just fine for Chicago and Milwaukee signals. The exceptions are WBBM (RF12) and WIWN (RF5). Usually WMVS/WMVT (RF8) are strong enough to sneak in with this setup. I have no problem with Chicago stations here; I use an OLD (like late 70s vintage) Channel Master Quantum on a rotor. These antennas are VHF monsters, but are not known for stellar UHF reception.
I did this right after the repack with a single Radio Shack Bowtie antenna placed in a window. Simpler the indoor antenna the better.