TV channels & antenna towers in Winthrop, Maine

With roughly 2,650 residents, Winthrop is a town in Maine. Our map shows 20 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 8 full-power, 10 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 Winthrop, 5 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 13 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), ION on channel 35 (WIPL) and MeTV on channel 18.1 (WBGR-LD). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WCAX-TV in Burlington, VT, 141 miles to the west. 2 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 SW, at about 228°. The main network towers for Winthrop 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 50 miles southwest of Winthrop (231° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 5 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Winthrop at fair strength or better, all arrive from the southwest, so this is an easy place to aim.

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

The farthest main network tower for Winthrop is WMTW (ABC), 50 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.

WCBB is only 11 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 7 stations at fair strength or better, Winthrop ranks 132nd of 256 places in Maine: fewer than the typical Maine town (8). Its nearest major network tower is 37 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, 18 miles away.