TV channels & antenna towers in Edgecomb, Maine

With roughly 1,130 residents, Edgecomb is a small community in Maine. Our map shows 15 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 9 full-power, 4 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 7 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

2 of them are within 25 miles of Edgecomb, 3 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 10 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 6 network stations in range are licensed to Portland, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Portland's stations.

The best-placed network stations 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, 140 miles to the southwest. 3 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 W, at about 264°. The main network towers for Edgecomb 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 57 miles west of Edgecomb (263° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Edgecomb at fair strength or better, all arrive from the west, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Edgecomb is WMTW (ABC), 57 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 7 stations at fair strength or better, Edgecomb ranks 132nd of 256 places in Maine: fewer than the typical Maine town (8). Its nearest major network tower is 43 miles away, against a state median of 28 miles.

53% of Maine's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Lewiston, 31 miles away.