TV channels & antenna towers in Winchendon, Massachusetts

Winchendon, Massachusetts has a population of about 4,210. There are 53 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 29 full-power, 5 Class A, 14 low-power and 5 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 24 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 14 at good or strong strength.

1 of them is within 25 miles of Winchendon, 10 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 42 are more than 45 miles out. Six of the 22 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 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). 14 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 ESE, at about 122°. The main network towers for Winchendon sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Two network stations, WBPX-TV and WUNI, transmit from the same tower site about 35 miles southeast of Winchendon (126° SE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 11 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Winchendon at fair strength or better, 73% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Winchendon is WFXT (Fox), 50 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 24 stations at fair strength or better, Winchendon ranks 287th 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 Gardner, 8.0 miles away.