TV channels & antenna towers in Amherst Center, Massachusetts

Amherst Center is a town of about 19,100 people in Massachusetts. There are 55 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 30 full-power, 7 Class A, 13 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

7 of them are within 25 miles of Amherst Center, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 41 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 24 network stations in range are licensed to Springfield, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Springfield's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 40 (WGGB-TV), CBS on channel 3 (WFSB), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 20 (WCCT-TV), ION on channel 26 (WHPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WRDM-CD), Univision on channel 66 (WUNI) and MeTV on channel 35.1 (WHCT-LD). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 13 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 208°. The main network towers for Amherst Center sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WFXQ-CD and WGGB-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 11 miles southwest of Amherst Center (217° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Amherst Center at fair strength or better, 44% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Amherst Center is WFSB (CBS), 44 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WVIT (NBC), 49 miles south and WTIC-TV (Fox), 49 miles south, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

WGGB-TV 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, Amherst Center ranks 222nd of 390 places in Massachusetts: fewer than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Amherst, 0.6 miles away.