The Boston Herald is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981. The Herald was named one of the "10 Newspapers That 'Do It Right'" in 2012 by Editor & Publisher.
WBZ-TV, virtual channel 4, is a CBS-owned-and-operated television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of ViacomCBS, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WSBK-TV. The two stations share studios on Soldiers Field Road in the Allston–Brighton section of Boston; WBZ-TV's transmitter is located on Cedar Street in Needham, Massachusetts, on a tower site that was formerly owned by CBS and is now owned by American Tower Corporation.
WHDH, virtual channel 7, is an independent television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by Sunbeam Television, as part of a duopoly with Cambridge-licensed CW affiliate WLVI. The two stations share studios at Bulfinch Place in downtown Boston and transmitter facilities in Newton, Massachusetts.
WFXT, virtual channel 25, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. WFXT's studios are located on Fox Drive in Dedham, and its transmitter is located on Cabot Street in Needham. It is one of six Boston television stations that are available in Canada through satellite provider Bell Satellite TV and cable provider EastLink. WFXT is the largest Fox affiliate by market size that is not owned and operated by the network, although it was previously owned by Fox on two occasions.
WEEI – branded ESPN on WEEI – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of New England. Owned by Entercom, WEEI is the Boston affiliate for ESPN Radio, carrying the network programming on a continuous basis as a brand extension of sister station WEEI-FM. The WEEI studios are located in Boston's Brighton neighborhood, while the station transmitter resides in the Boston suburb of Needham. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WEEI is available online via Radio.com.
WCVB-TV, virtual channel 5, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of New York City-based Hearst Communications. WCVB-TV's studios are located on TV Place in Needham, and its transmitter is located on Cedar Street, also in Needham, on a tower shared with several other television and radio stations.
WLVI, virtual channel 56, is a CW-affiliated television station serving Boston, Massachusetts, United States that is licensed to Cambridge. The station is owned by Sunbeam Television, as part of a duopoly with Boston-licensed independent station WHDH. The two stations share studios at Bulfinch Place in downtown Boston and transmitter facilities in Newton, Massachusetts. There is no separate website for WLVI; instead, it is integrated with that of sister station WHDH.
WBPX-TV, virtual channel 68, is an Ion Television owned-and-operated station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by West Palm Beach, Florida-based Ion Media Networks, as part of a duopoly with Woburn-licensed Ion Plus owned-and-operated station WDPX-TV. The two stations share studios on Soldiers Field Road in Boston's Allston neighborhood and transmitter facilities on Parmenter Road in Hudson, Massachusetts.
WNEU, virtual channel 60, is a Telemundo owned-and-operated television station serving Boston, Massachusetts and Manchester, New Hampshire, United States that is licensed to Merrimack, New Hampshire. Owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is sister to Nashua, New Hampshire-licensed Class A NBC owned-and-operated station WBTS-CD, which shares spectrum with Boston-based PBS member station WGBX-TV to provide full-market coverage.
WYCN-LD, virtual channel 8, is a low-powered Telemundo owned-and-operated television station licensed to Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The station is owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WYCN-LD's studios are located on Kenney Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island, and its transmitter is located on East Main Street in Norton, Massachusetts.
WNHT, UHF analog channel 21, was a television station located in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. The station briefly served as the area's CBS affiliate.
New England Cable News (NECN) is a regional 24-hour cable news television network owned and operated by NBCUniversal serving the New England region of the United States. It focuses on regional news, though in some low priority timeslots, paid programming and programming from WNBC such as Talk Stoop and Open House are seen.
Sunbeam Television Corporation is a privately held broadcasting company based in Miami, Florida that owns three television stations in the United States.
Robert Henry Castellon, known as Bob Wilson, was an American radio personality and hockey broadcaster who served as the longtime play-by-play announcer of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. In 1987, Wilson was honoured with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, enshrining him in the broadcasters' wing of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcaster's Hall of Fame in 2007. Wilson's booming baritone voice and his ability to articulate for radio listeners the dynamic flow and possession changes of ice hockey distinguished him from his peers. He also was noted for his detailed descriptions of hockey fights, which pleased his fans but sometimes gained him disapproval from critics.
Donald A. Gillis was a Canadian-born American sportscaster who was sports director of Boston's Channel 5 from 1962 through 1983. Gillis pioneered the 11 p.m. sports report in Boston during his tenure at WHDH-TV, becoming the dean of the city's sports anchors, and also would host highly popular candlepin bowling programs on the station from 1967 to 1996.
Harvey Leonard is the chief meteorologist on WCVB-TV Channel 5 in Boston, Massachusetts. For 25 years, Leonard was previously best known as a meteorologist at Boston's WHDH-TV.
WHDH-TV, VHF analog channel 5, was a television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station ceased operations on March 18, 1972, following the revocation of the station's license. The channel 5 allocation in the market was taken over by WCVB-TV the following morning, March 19, 1972. WCVB operates using a separate license from WHDH-TV; conversely, the original WHDH-TV is also of no relation to the current WHDH, which is a news-intensive independent; it served as the Boston market's NBC affiliate from January 2, 1995 through December 31, 2016.
WNAC-TV, channel 7, was a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station was owned by RKO General. Originally established in 1948, WNAC-TV signed off for the final time at 1:00 am on May 22, 1982, due to improprieties by its parent company; it was replaced that morning with WNEV-TV, which operates on a separate license.
