TV channels & antenna towers in Framingham Center, Massachusetts

Framingham Center, Massachusetts has a population of about 65,400. There are 52 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 33 full-power, 6 Class A, 12 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 36 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 19 at good or strong strength.

23 of them are within 25 miles of Framingham Center, 12 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 17 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.

For the networks, the best local options are ABC on channel 5 (WCVB-TV), 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 (strong signal) and Univision (strong 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 E, at about 86°. The main network towers for Framingham Center 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 10 miles east of Framingham Center (85° E). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Framingham Center at fair strength or better, 40% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Framingham Center is WFXT (Fox), 11 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WDPX-TV is only 6.6 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 36 stations at fair strength or better, Framingham Center ranks 38th of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 6.6 miles away, against a state median of 19 miles.

12% of Massachusetts's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an indoor antenna. The nearest larger city is Worcester, 19 miles away.