TV channels & antenna towers in Plainville, Massachusetts

With roughly 7,820 residents, Plainville is a town in Massachusetts. Our map shows 45 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 28 full-power, 6 Class A, 10 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.

25 of them are within 25 miles of Plainville, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 9 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 20 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). 13 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 Plainville are in different directions: ABC 166° SSE (9.9 mi), CBS 13° NNE (22 mi), NBC 13° NNE (22 mi) and Fox 16° NNE (21 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 21 miles north of Plainville (16° NNE). Aim there first: one setting covers all of them.

Of the 14 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Plainville at fair strength or better, 57% arrive from the north; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Plainville is WBTS-CD (NBC), 22 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

WLNE-TV is only 9.9 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 34 stations at fair strength or better, Plainville ranks 65th of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 9.2 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 Attleboro, 4.8 miles away.