TV channels & antenna towers in Hatillo, Puerto Rico

With roughly 5,620 residents, Hatillo is a town in Puerto Rico. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 77 licensed TV transmitters: 28 full-power, 5 Class A, 42 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 39 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 12 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 6 transmitters are within 25 miles, 39 between 25 and 45 miles, and 32 farther out.

The best-placed network stations are NBC on channel 2.3 (WKAQ-TV), Fox on channel 30.2 (WSJP-LD) and Telemundo on channel 2.11 (WTIN-TV). No ABC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WCVI-TV in Christiansted, VI, 147 miles to the east. No CBS affiliate is listed within 250 miles of Hatillo. Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal). 25 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 ESE, at about 117°. The main network towers for Hatillo sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Of the 3 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Hatillo at fair strength or better, 67% arrive from the southeast; the rest are spread across one other direction.

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

The farthest main network tower for Hatillo is WKAQ-TV (NBC), 57 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

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 39 stations at fair strength or better, Hatillo ranks 139th of 219 places in Puerto Rico: fewer than the typical Puerto Rico town (41). Its nearest major network tower is 26 miles away, against a state median of 15 miles.

42% of Puerto Rico's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna. The nearest larger city is Arecibo, 7.3 miles away.