TV channels & antenna towers in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

With roughly 37,500 residents, Jamaica Plain is a town 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, 33 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 23 at good or strong strength.

26 of them are within 25 miles of Jamaica Plain, 7 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.

The strongest network signals here 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 W, at about 269°. The main network towers for Jamaica Plain sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WLVI, WFXT, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV and WNEU and others, transmit from the same tower site about 4.9 miles west of Jamaica Plain (271° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Jamaica Plain 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 Jamaica Plain, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Jamaica Plain is WBTS-CD (NBC), 5.9 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WHDH is only 4.9 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 33 stations at fair strength or better, Jamaica Plain ranks 91st of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 4.9 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 South Boston, 4.0 miles away.