TV channels & antenna towers in East Sandwich, Massachusetts

East Sandwich is a town of about 3,940 people in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 34 licensed TV transmitters: 21 full-power, 4 Class A, 8 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 17 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of East Sandwich, 9 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 25 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 14 network stations in range are licensed to Providence, RI, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Providence's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 68 (WBPX-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 (weak signal). 10 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 NW, at about 307°. The main network towers for East Sandwich sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WNAC-TV, WLNE-TV, WJAR, WRIW-CD and WPRI-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 44 miles west of East Sandwich (283° WNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach East Sandwich at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for East Sandwich is WBTS-CD (NBC), 56 miles away with a weak estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 17 stations at fair strength or better, East Sandwich ranks 343rd of 390 places in Massachusetts: fewer than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 40 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 Barnstable, 8.4 miles away.