TV channels & antenna towers in Acushnet Center, Massachusetts

Acushnet Center, Massachusetts has a population of about 3,070. Our map shows 37 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 24 full-power, 4 Class A, 8 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 8 transmitters are within 25 miles, 3 between 25 and 45 miles, and 26 farther out. Five of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Providence, RI, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Providence's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 10.2 (WJAR), CBS on channel 4 (WBZ-TV), NBC on channel 15 (WBTS-CD), Fox on channel 25 (WFXT), CW on channel 56 (WLVI), ION on channel 69 (WPXQ-TV), Telemundo on channel 60 (WNEU), Univision on channel 66 (WUNI) and MeTV on channel 6.5 (WLNE-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 12 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 NNW, at about 330°. The main network towers for Acushnet Center sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WLNE-TV, WJAR, WRIW-CD, WNAC-TV and WPRI-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 23 miles northwest of Acushnet Center (303° WNW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Acushnet Center at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Acushnet Center is WBTS-CD (NBC), 46 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Acushnet Center ranks 222nd of 390 places in Massachusetts: fewer than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 23 miles away, against a state median of 19 miles.

25% of Massachusetts's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is New Bedford, 3.6 miles away.