TV channels & antenna towers in Rockport, Massachusetts

Rockport is a town of about 4,970 people in Massachusetts. There are 39 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 26 full-power, 3 Class A, 9 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 11 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Rockport, 18 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 20 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 16 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 (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.

Point your antenna SW, at about 233°. The main network towers for Rockport sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WLVI, WFXT, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV and WNEU and others, transmit from the same tower site about 39 miles southwest of Rockport (232° SW). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Rockport at fair strength or better, 90% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Rockport is WBTS-CD (NBC), 39 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

An amplifier only helps here if you run a long cable (over about 50 feet) or split the antenna to several TVs. Otherwise better placement does more. See the amplifier guide.

With 23 stations at fair strength or better, Rockport ranks 296th of 390 places in Massachusetts: fewer than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 39 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 Gloucester, 3.6 miles away.