TV channels & antenna towers in Portland, Connecticut

With roughly 5,860 residents, Portland is a town in Connecticut. Our map shows 37 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 18 full-power, 7 Class A, 11 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 26 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 13 at good or strong strength.

18 of them are within 25 miles of Portland, 8 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 11 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 16 network stations in range are licensed to Springfield, MA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Springfield's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 40 (WGGB-TV), CBS on channel 3 (WFSB), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 20 (WCCT-TV), ION on channel 26 (WHPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WRDM-CD), Univision on channel 18 (WUVN) and MeTV on channel 35.1 (WHCT-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (strong signal) and Univision (good signal). 8 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 NW, at about 318°. The main network towers for Portland sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WRDM-CD, WVIT, WTIC-TV, WCCT-TV and WHPX-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 13 miles northwest of Portland (312° NW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Portland at fair strength or better, 55% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Portland is WFSB (CBS), 16 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here.

WGGB-TV (ABC), 46 miles north, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

WRDM-CD is only 13 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 26 stations at fair strength or better, Portland ranks 82nd of 183 places in Connecticut: the same as the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 13 miles away, against a state median of 15 miles.

16% of Connecticut's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Middletown, 0.9 miles away.