TV channels & antenna towers in Hamilton Worcester, Massachusetts

Hamilton Worcester is a town of about 8,460 people in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 65 licensed TV transmitters: 40 full-power, 8 Class A, 16 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 37 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

5 of them are within 25 miles of Hamilton Worcester, 31 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 29 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 31 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 (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 18 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 82°. The main network towers for Hamilton Worcester 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 27 miles east of Hamilton Worcester (82° E). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 21 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hamilton Worcester at fair strength or better, 29% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across five other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hamilton Worcester is WFXT (Fox), 28 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 37 stations at fair strength or better, Hamilton Worcester ranks 29th of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 17 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, 1.8 miles away.