TV channels & antenna towers in Hingham, Massachusetts

Hingham is a town of about 5,650 people in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 41 licensed TV transmitters: 27 full-power, 4 Class A, 9 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 32 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 20 at good or strong strength.

22 of them are within 25 miles of Hingham, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 8 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 17 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 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 (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 WNW, at about 285°. The main network towers for Hingham sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WFXT, WLVI, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV and WNEU and others, transmit from the same tower site about 17 miles west of Hingham (284° WNW). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hingham at fair strength or better, 62% 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 Hingham, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Hingham is WBTS-CD (NBC), 18 miles away with a fair 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 32 stations at fair strength or better, Hingham ranks 116th 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 Weymouth, 2.9 miles away.