TV channels & antenna towers in Hopkinton, Massachusetts

With roughly 2,550 residents, Hopkinton is a town in Massachusetts. Our map shows 51 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 32 full-power, 6 Class A, 12 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 35 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 17 at good or strong strength.

23 of them are within 25 miles of Hopkinton, 11 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.

The best-placed network stations 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). 15 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 70°. The main network towers for Hopkinton 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 16 miles east of Hopkinton (69° ENE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

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

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

The farthest main network tower for Hopkinton is WFXT (Fox), 16 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WWJE-DT is only 11 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 35 stations at fair strength or better, Hopkinton ranks 42nd of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 11 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 Milford, 6.2 miles away.