TV channels & antenna towers in Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city of about 185,000 people in Massachusetts. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 65 licensed TV transmitters: 40 full-power, 8 Class A, 16 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 38 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 20 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 4 transmitters are within 25 miles, 34 between 25 and 45 miles, and 27 farther out. Six of the 31 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 30 (WVIT), 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). 18 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 E, at about 84°. The main network towers for Worcester sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV, WNEU, WCVB-TV and WFXT and others, transmit from the same tower site about 29 miles east of Worcester (83° E). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 22 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Worcester at fair strength or better, 27% arrive from the east; the rest are spread across five other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Worcester is WFXT (Fox), 30 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WVIT (NBC), 66 miles southwest, is the exception: the nearest listed affiliate of its network is far enough away to need an outdoor antenna. Some local stations in our data carry no network tag, so check the other stations table below before buying a bigger antenna just for that one.

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 38 stations at fair strength or better, Worcester ranks 13th of 390 places in Massachusetts: more than the typical Massachusetts town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 18 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 Boston, 39 miles away.