TV channels & antenna towers in Needham, Massachusetts

With roughly 28,900 residents, Needham is a city in Massachusetts. Our map shows 41 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 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.

By distance, 27 transmitters are within 25 miles, 7 between 25 and 45 miles, and 7 farther 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 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). 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 N, at about 3°. The main network towers for Needham sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WFXT, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV, WNEU and WCVB-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 1.5 miles northeast of Needham (29° NNE). 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 Needham at fair strength or better, 38% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Needham is WBTS-CD (NBC), 1.9 miles away with a strong estimated signal. That is why we suggest an indoor antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WFXT is only 1.5 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, Needham ranks 91st of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 1.5 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 Newton, 3.9 miles away.