TV channels & antenna towers in Amesbury, Massachusetts

Amesbury is a city of about 18,300 people in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 37 licensed TV transmitters: 25 full-power, 2 Class A, 9 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Amesbury, 27 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Boston, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Boston's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 5 (WCVB-TV), CBS on channel 4 (WBZ-TV), NBC on channel 6 (WCSH), Fox on channel 25 (WFXT), CW on channel 56 (WLVI), ION on channel 21 (WPXG-TV), Telemundo on channel 60 (WNEU) and Univision on channel 66 (WUNI). 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 SSW, at about 202°. The main network towers for Amesbury sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WLVI, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV, WNEU and WCVB-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 41 miles south of Amesbury (201° SSW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Amesbury at fair strength or better, 46% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across four other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Amesbury is WFXT (Fox), 41 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WCSH (NBC), 70 miles north, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 25 stations at fair strength or better, Amesbury ranks 268th of 390 places in Massachusetts: fewer than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 30 miles away, against a state median of 19 miles.

63% of Massachusetts's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Haverhill, 9.4 miles away.