TV channels & antenna towers in Sanbornville, New Hampshire

Sanbornville is a small community of about 1,060 people in New Hampshire. There are 19 licensed TV transmitters within 70 miles: 13 full-power, 4 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 10 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 7 at good or strong strength.

4 of them are within 25 miles of Sanbornville, 7 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 8 are more than 45 miles out. Three of the 7 network stations in range are licensed to Portland, ME, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Portland's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 8 (WMTW), NBC on channel 6 (WCSH), Fox on channel 13.2 (WGME-TV), CW on channel 51 (WPXT) and ION on channel 21 (WPXG-TV). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WBZ-TV in Boston, MA, 87 miles to the south. 6 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 NE, at about 39°. The main network towers for Sanbornville sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Three network stations, WIPL, WPXT and WMTW, transmit from the same tower site about 24 miles northeast of Sanbornville (34° NNE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 6 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Sanbornville at fair strength or better, 83% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Sanbornville is WGME-TV (Fox), 37 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. If you only watch the closer stations, a smaller antenna may do.

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 10 stations at fair strength or better, Sanbornville ranks 149th of 178 places in New Hampshire: fewer than the typical New Hampshire town (16). Its nearest major network tower is 24 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 Sanford, 15 miles away.