TV channels & antenna towers in East Merrimack, New Hampshire

With roughly 4,200 residents, East Merrimack is a town in New Hampshire. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 38 licensed TV transmitters: 24 full-power, 2 Class A, 11 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 15 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 4 transmitters are within 25 miles, 23 between 25 and 45 miles, and 11 farther out. Four of the 13 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 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 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 SSE, at about 162°. The main network towers for East Merrimack 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 WLVI and others, transmit from the same tower site about 41 miles south of East Merrimack (162° SSE). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach East Merrimack at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the south; the rest are spread across two other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for East Merrimack is WFXT (Fox), 41 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Skip that station and you may get away with a smaller antenna.

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 22 stations at fair strength or better, East Merrimack ranks 51st of 178 places in New Hampshire: more than the typical New Hampshire town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 9.6 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 Merrimack, 0.5 miles away.