TV channels & antenna towers in North Amherst, Massachusetts

With roughly 6,820 residents, North Amherst is a town in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 54 licensed TV transmitters: 28 full-power, 7 Class A, 14 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 27 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 7 transmitters are within 25 miles, 6 between 25 and 45 miles, and 41 farther out. Six of the 23 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 40 (WGGB-TV), CBS on channel 3 (WFSB), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 20 (WCCT-TV), ION on channel 26 (WHPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WRDM-CD), Univision on channel 66 (WUNI) and MeTV on channel 35.1 (WHCT-LD). 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.

Point your antenna SSW, at about 200°. The main network towers for North Amherst sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WFXQ-CD and WGGB-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 12 miles southwest of North Amherst (208° SSW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 16 full-power and Class A network signals that reach North Amherst at fair strength or better, 50% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for North Amherst is WVIT (NBC), 51 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

WGGB-TV is only 13 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 27 stations at fair strength or better, North Amherst ranks 222nd of 390 places in Massachusetts: fewer than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 12 miles away, against a state median of 19 miles.

25% of Massachusetts's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Amherst, 3.0 miles away.