TV channels & antenna towers in Chester, New Hampshire

Chester is a town of about 5,240 people in New Hampshire. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 40 licensed TV transmitters: 26 full-power, 2 Class A, 11 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 25 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 16 at good or strong strength.

4 of them are within 25 miles of Chester, 20 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 16 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 15 network stations in range are licensed to Boston, MA, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Boston's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 5 (WCVB-TV), CBS on channel 4 (WBZ-TV), NBC on channel 6 (WCSH), Fox on channel 25 (WFXT), CW on channel 56 (WLVI), ION on channel 21 (WPXG-TV), Telemundo on channel 60 (WNEU) and Univision on channel 66 (WUNI). 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 S, at about 179°. The main network towers for Chester sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Six network stations, WLVI, WBTS-CD, WBZ-TV, WNEU and WCVB-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 45 miles south of Chester (177° S). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 13 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Chester at fair strength or better, 62% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Chester is WBZ-TV (CBS), 45 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WCSH (NBC), 68 miles northeast and WFXT (Fox), 45 miles south, are the exception: the nearest listed affiliates of those networks are 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 those.

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 25 stations at fair strength or better, Chester ranks 5th of 178 places in New Hampshire: more than the typical New Hampshire town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 16 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

31% of New Hampshire's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Derry Village, 5.3 miles away.