TV channels & antenna towers in Bradford, Rhode Island

With roughly 1,410 residents, Bradford is a small community in Rhode Island. Our map shows 55 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 35 full-power, 9 Class A, 10 low-power and 1 translator. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 23 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 10 at good or strong strength.

3 of them are within 25 miles of Bradford, 11 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 41 are more than 45 miles out. Five of the 27 network stations in range are licensed to Providence, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Providence's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 10.2 (WJAR), CBS on channel 12 (WPRI-TV), NBC on channel 30 (WVIT), Fox on channel 61 (WTIC-TV), CW on channel 20 (WCCT-TV), ION on channel 69 (WPXQ-TV), Telemundo on channel 19 (WRDM-CD), Univision on channel 18 (WUVN) and MeTV on channel 6.5 (WLNE-TV). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (fair signal). 15 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 35°. The main network towers for Bradford sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Five network stations, WLNE-TV, WJAR, WRIW-CD, WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 40 miles northeast of Bradford (36° NE). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 15 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Bradford at fair strength or better, 33% arrive from the northeast; the rest are spread across three other directions.

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

The farthest main network tower for Bradford is WPRI-TV (CBS), 40 miles away with a fair estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here.

WVIT (NBC), 60 miles west and WTIC-TV (Fox), 60 miles west, 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.

WLWC is only 7.1 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 23 stations at fair strength or better, Bradford ranks 41st of 49 places in Rhode Island: fewer than the typical Rhode Island town (29). Its nearest major network tower is 7.1 miles away, against a state median of 14 miles.

55% of Rhode Island's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is South Kingstown, 11 miles away.