TV channels & antenna towers in Sanford, Maine

With roughly 20,900 residents, Sanford is a town in Maine. Our map shows 16 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 12 full-power, 2 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 11 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 5 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Sanford, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 6 are more than 45 miles 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 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 21 (WPXG-TV). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WBZ-TV in Boston, MA, 81 miles to the south. 5 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 N, at about 10°. The main network towers for Sanford 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 28 miles north of Sanford (1° N). 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 Sanford at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Sanford is WGME-TV (Fox), 36 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WMEA-TV is only 2.2 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 11 stations at fair strength or better, Sanford ranks 36th of 256 places in Maine: more than the typical Maine town (8). Its nearest major network tower is 28 miles away, against a state median of 28 miles.

41% of Maine's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Portland, 30 miles away.