TV channels & antenna towers in Charlton, Massachusetts

With roughly 12,800 residents, Charlton is a city in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 64 licensed TV transmitters: 37 full-power, 8 Class A, 17 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 38 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 25 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 1 transmitter is within 25 miles, 36 between 25 and 45 miles, and 27 farther out. Six of the 30 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 5 (WCVB-TV), CBS on channel 4 (WBZ-TV), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), 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). 16 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 ENE, at about 72°. The main network towers for Charlton sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV, WNEU, WCVB-TV and WFXT and others, transmit from the same tower site about 39 miles east of Charlton (72° ENE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 23 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Charlton at fair strength or better, 30% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across five other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Charlton is WFXT (Fox), 40 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WVIT (NBC), 54 miles southwest, 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 38 stations at fair strength or better, Charlton ranks 13th of 390 places in Massachusetts: more 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 Worcester, 12 miles away.