TV channels & antenna towers in Cornish, Maine

Cornish is a small community of about 1,320 people in Maine. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 18 licensed TV transmitters: 13 full-power, 3 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 12 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 8 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 7 transmitters are within 25 miles, 3 between 25 and 45 miles, and 8 farther out. Three of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Portland, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Portland's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 8 (WMTW), NBC on channel 6 (WCSH), Fox on channel 13.2 (WGME-TV), CW on channel 51 (WPXT) and ION on channel 35 (WIPL). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WBZ-TV in Boston, MA, 106 miles to the south. 6 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 NE, at about 49°. The main network towers for Cornish sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WIPL, WPXT and WMTW, transmit from the same tower site about 3.4 miles northeast of Cornish (35° NE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Cornish at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Cornish is WGME-TV (Fox), 18 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WPXT is only 3.4 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 12 stations at fair strength or better, Cornish ranks 15th of 256 places in Maine: more than the typical Maine town (8). Its nearest major network tower is 3.4 miles away, against a state median of 28 miles.

6% of Maine's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Sanford, 25 miles away.