TV channels & antenna towers in Putnam, Connecticut

With roughly 7,210 residents, Putnam is a town in Connecticut. Our map shows 64 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 37 full-power, 10 Class A, 16 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 39 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 25 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Putnam, 39 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 23 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 30 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 10.2 (WJAR), CBS on channel 4 (WBZ-TV), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 25 (WFXT), CW on channel 56 (WLVI), ION on channel 69 (WPXQ-TV), Telemundo on channel 60 (WNEU), Univision on channel 66 (WUNI) and MeTV on channel 6.5 (WLNE-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 16 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 ENE, at about 66°. The main network towers for Putnam sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV, WNEU, WCVB-TV and WFXT and others, transmit from the same tower site about 44 miles northeast of Putnam (51° NE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 23 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Putnam at fair strength or better, 35% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across five other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Putnam is WFXT (Fox), 44 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WVIT (NBC), 50 miles west, 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.

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 39 stations at fair strength or better, Putnam ranks 7th of 183 places in Connecticut: more than the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 30 miles away, against a state median of 15 miles.

73% of Connecticut's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Smithfield, 18 miles away.