TV channels & antenna towers in Hillsborough, New Hampshire

With roughly 1,980 residents, Hillsborough is a small community in New Hampshire. Our map shows 35 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 20 full-power, 2 Class A, 9 low-power and 4 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 16 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 3 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 3 transmitters are within 25 miles, 5 between 25 and 45 miles, and 27 farther out. Four of the 10 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 (fair signal) and Univision (good signal). 11 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 148°. The main network towers for Hillsborough 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 65 miles southeast of Hillsborough (149° SSE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 8 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hillsborough at fair strength or better, 63% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across two other directions.

WCVB-TV (ABC), WBZ-TV (CBS), WBTS-CD (NBC) and WFXT (Fox) lie beyond the radio horizon of their transmitter as seen from Hillsborough. Past that point signals fade quickly, so antenna height matters more than amplification.

The farthest main network tower for Hillsborough is WFXT (Fox), 66 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 16 stations at fair strength or better, Hillsborough ranks 89th of 178 places in New Hampshire: the same as the typical New Hampshire town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 18 miles away, against a state median of 24 miles.

69% of New Hampshire's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Concord, 19 miles away.