TV channels & antenna towers in Mansfield Center, Massachusetts

Mansfield Center is a town of about 7,360 people in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 41 licensed TV transmitters: 26 full-power, 5 Class A, 9 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 34 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 23 at good or strong strength.

28 of them are within 25 miles of Mansfield Center, 6 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 7 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 10.2 (WJAR), 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 69 (WPXQ-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). 12 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

The main network towers around Mansfield Center are in different directions: ABC 198° SSW (11 mi), CBS 357° N (20 mi), NBC 357° N (20 mi) and Fox 0° N (19 mi). Aim at the farthest one you want first, or use a multi-directional antenna.

Six network stations, WFXT, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV, WNEU and WCVB-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 19 miles north of Mansfield Center (0° N). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Mansfield Center at fair strength or better, 43% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Mansfield Center is WBTS-CD (NBC), 20 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.

WLNE-TV 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 34 stations at fair strength or better, Mansfield Center ranks 65th of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 3.7 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 Mansfield, 0.7 miles away.