TV channels & antenna towers in Washington, Connecticut

With roughly 3,470 residents, Washington is a town in Connecticut. Our map shows 49 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 18 full-power, 7 Class A, 20 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

4 of them are within 25 miles of Washington, 21 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 24 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 17 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 strongest network signals here 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 (good signal) and Univision (fair 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 ENE, at about 75°. The main network towers for Washington 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 25 miles east of Washington (79° E). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Washington at fair strength or better, 70% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Washington is WFSB (CBS), 28 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WGGB-TV (ABC), 54 miles northeast, 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 23 stations at fair strength or better, Washington ranks 137th of 183 places in Connecticut: fewer than the typical Connecticut town (26). Its nearest major network tower is 24 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 Waterbury, 14 miles away.