TV channels & antenna towers in Onset, Massachusetts

Onset is a small community of about 1,570 people in Massachusetts. There are 36 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 23 full-power, 4 Class A, 8 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

0 of them are within 25 miles of Onset, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 25 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Providence, RI, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Providence's stations.

For the networks, the best local options 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 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 (good signal) and Univision (fair signal). 11 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 NW, at about 314°. The main network towers for Onset sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WNAC-TV, WLNE-TV, WJAR, WRIW-CD and WPRI-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 33 miles west of Onset (286° WNW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 12 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Onset at fair strength or better, 58% arrive from the northwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Onset is WBTS-CD (NBC), 49 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 22 stations at fair strength or better, Onset ranks 307th of 390 places in Massachusetts: fewer than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 31 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 New Bedford, 16 miles away.