MASSACHUSETTS
- newschannel15
- Jun 29
- 4 min read
Updated: Aug 7
-BOSTON (plus MANCHESTER, NH)-
WBZ NEWS
WBZ-TV/Channel 4.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Paramount Skydance Corp.
NEWSCENTER 5
WCVB-TV/Channel 5.1 (ABC)
THE TEN O'CLOCK NEWS
WCVB-TV/Channel 5.2 (MeTV)
Ownership: Hearst Television
7 NEWS
WHDH-TV/Channel 7.1 (Independent)
Ownership: Sunbeam Television Corp.
(Sister station of WLVI)
WMUR NEWS 9
WMUR-TV/Channel 9.1 (ABC)
WMUR NEWS 9 AT TEN
WMUR-TV/Channel 9.2 (MeTV)
Ownership: Hearst Television
(Sister station of WCVB-TV)
NBC 10 BOSTON NEWS
WBTS-CD/Channel 15.1 (NBC)
Ownership: NBC Telemundo License LLC
(Sister station of WNEU)
BOSTON 25 NEWS
WFXT/Channel 25.1 (Fox)
Ownership: Cox Media Group
WBZ NEWS
WSBK-TV/Channel 38.1 (Independent)
Ownership: Paramount Skydance Corp.
(Sister station of WBZ-TV; newscast produced by WBZ-TV)
7 NEWS
WLVI/Channel 56.1 (The CW)
Ownership: Sunbeam Television Corp.
(Sister station of WHDH-TV; simulcast of WHDH-TV newscasts)
NOTICIERO TELEMUNDO NUEVA INGLATERRA
WNEU/Channel 60.1 (Telemundo)
Ownership: NBC Telemundo License LLC
(Sister station of WBTS-CD)
NOTICIAS UNIVISION NUEVA INGLATERRA
WUNI/Channel 66.1 (Univision)
Ownership: TelevisaUnivsion
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-SPRINGFIELD/HOLYOKE-
22 NEWS
WWLP/Channel 22.1 (NBC)
22 NEWS
WWLP/Channel 22.2 (The CW)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
WESTERN MASS NEWS
WSHM-LD/Channel 33.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Gray Media
(Sister station of WGGB-TV)
WESTERN MASS NEWS
WGGB-TV/Channel 40.1 (ABC)
WESTERN MASS NEWS
WGGB-TV/Channel 40.2 (Fox)
Ownership: Gray Media
(Sister station of WSHM-LD)
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Past Newscast Branding:
WGBH/Channel 2
"News & Comment" (1955-73)
"Newsfront" (1960s)
"Evening Compass" (1973-76)
"The 10 O'Clock News" (1976-90)
DEFUNCT
Past Affiliation: Educational Independent, NET
WSHM-LD/Channel 3.5
Springfield
"CBS 3 News" (10/05-8/06)
"CBS 3 Springfield News" (8/06-4/2015)
(News department merged with WGGB)
Past Call Letters: W42AU (-1994), W67DF (1994-2004)
Past Channel Number: 42 (-1994), 67 (1994-)
Past Affiliation: TBN
Past Ownership: TBN
WBZ/Channel 4
Boston
"Teletape News"/"Shawmut Bank Newsteller"/"Boston Post Views of the News in New England" (1948-)
"The 11th Hour News" (1950s)
"Your Esso Reporter" (1950s)
"TV-4 Eyewitness News" (1965-94)
"WBZ News 4" (1994-96)
"News 4 New England" (1996-99)
"WBZ 4 News" (1999-2004)
"CBS 4 News" (2004-2/4/07)
Past Affiliation: NBC & ABC (-1957), NBC (1957-95)
Past Ownership: Group W
WHDH/Channel 5
Boston
"The AM Show"/"The 24th Hour"
"WHDH News"
DEFUNCT
DARK 3/18/72. Station unrelated to current WCVB/Channel 5 and WHDH/Channel 7
Past Ownership: Boston Herald-Traveler (1957-3/18/72)
Past Affiliation: ABC (1957-1961), CBS (1961-3/72)
WCVB/Channel 5
Boston
"News 5" (1972-73)
Past Ownership: Boston Broadcasters (1972-81), Metromedia (1981-86), News Corp. (1986)
WHDH/Channel 7
Boston
"Shawmut Bank Newsteller" (1948-53, bank sponsored a similar newscast on WBZ)
"Yankee News Service"
"Knickerbocker News"
"TV-7 News"
"Boston 7 Report" (1964-70)
"New England Today"/"New England Tonight" (1970-72)
"Boston's News 7" (1972-73)
"Boston 7 Newsroom" (1973-74)
"Newsroom 7" (1974-82)
"Noticiero 7"
"NEWSEVEN" (1982-84)
"The New England News" (1984-88)
"News 7 New England" (1988-90)
"News 7" (1990-93)
Past Call Letters: WNAC (1948-82), WNEV (1982-90)
Past Affiliation: CBS & ABC (1948-57), CBS (1957-61), ABC (1961-72), CBS (1972-95), NBC (1995-2016)
Past Ownership: General Tire (RKO) [1948-82], New England Television (1982-93)
WWOR/Channel 14
Worcester
"UNKNOWN" (1950s)
DARK, DEFUNCT
Past Affiliation: ABC/Dumont
WBTS-LD/Channel 15
Boston
"NBC Boston News" (2017)
Past Call Letters: W32AY, WTMU-LP/LD
Past Affiliation: Telemundo (1995-2016), Independent (2016)
WCDC/Channel 19
Adams
"Deadline Edition"/"Nightcap Edition" (1950s)
DEFUNCT, now satellite of WTEN/Albany, NY
"NewsTeam 10"
"Action News"
"10 Eyewitness News"
"News 10"
"News 10 ABC" (-2013)
"NewsCenter on 10 ABC" (2013)
"News 10 ABC" (2013-2017)
DARK (2017)
Past Call Letters: WMGT
Past Channel Number: 74
Past Ownership: Young Broadcasting, Media General (-2016), Nexstar Media Group (2016-2017)
WWLP/Channel 22
Springfield
"The Big News" (1960s)
"NewsCenter 22" (1970s-90s)
Past Channel Number: 61
Past Ownership: Brissette Broadcasting, Adams Broadcasting, Benedek
WFXT/Channel 25
Boston
"The News at Ten"
DEFUNCT; Produced by New England Cable News
"Fox News Boston"
"Fox 25 News" (-2017)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1977-87)
Past Call Letters: WXNE (1977-87)
Past Ownership: Pat Robertson (1977-87), News Corp. (1987-90), Boston Celtics (1990-95), Fox Television Stations (1995-2014)
WCEA-LD/Channel 26.1
Boston
"Mas Noticias Boston"
"Noticias WCEA"
DEFUNCT
Past Channel Number: 58
WUTF/Channel 27
Worcester/Boston
"NewsHour 27" (1970s)
DEFUNCT, unrelated to current newscast
Past Call Letters: WSMW, WHLL; WUNI (-2017)
Past Affiliation: Independent, Univision (-2017)
WSBK/Channel 38
Boston
"UNKNOWN"
DEFUNCT
"WBZ News 4 on TV 38" (-1995)
DEFUNCT; produced by, now ironically sister-station, WBZ
"UPN 38 Prime News" (-1998)
DEFUNCT; produced by New England Cable News
"The 7 O'Clock News on 38" (2001)
"WBZ 4 News at Seven on UPN 38" (2001)
DEFUNCT; produced by WBZ
"Nightcast at Ten on UPN 38" (2001-1/16/05)
DEFUNCT; produced by WBZ
"The Morning News on UPN 38" (2004-4/2005)
"The Morning Show" (4/2005-2006)
DEFUNCT
"TV-38 News" (2006-2008)
Past Call Letters: WIHS (1964-66)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1964-1995), UPN (1995-9/17/06), Independent (2006-2011), My Network TV (2011-2022)
Past Ownership: Storer Broadcasting, Gillett
WGGB/Channel 40
Springfield/Holyoke
"Deadline News"/"Nitecap Edition"
"Newsbeat"
"WHYN Action News"
"Channel 40 News"
"TV-40 News"
"Newswatch 40" (1980s-90s)
"News 40" (1990s-2004)
"ABC 40 News" (2004-4/2015)
Past Call Letters: WHYN (1953-79)
Past Channel Number: 55 (1953-57)
Past Affiliation: CBS (1953-59), DuMont (1953-56)
Past Ownership: Hampden-Hampshire Corp. (1953-66) Guy Gannet (1966-1999), Sinclair (1999-2007), Gormally Broadcasting (2007-2014), Meredith (2014-2021)
WGGB/Channel 40.2
Springfield/Holyoke
"Fox 6 News at Ten"
"ABC 40 First on Fox" (-4/2015)
Past Ownership: Gormally Broadcasting (-2014), Meredith (2014-2021)
WXPO/Channel 50
Lowell
"News Central"
DEFUNCT; DARK (1969-70)
Past Affiliation: Independent
WTAO/Channel 56
Cambridge/Boston
"United Press News" (1953)
DEFUNCT; DARK
Past Affiliation: ABC/DuMont
(Unrelated to WLVI; though WLVI retains the same license)
WLVI/Channel 56
Cambridge/Boston
"Ten O'Clock News" (1968-)
"Ten P.M. News" (1969-70)
DEFUNCT
"The News at Ten" (1980s-90s)
"The Ten O'Clock News" (1990s-12/18/06)
DEFUNCT; replaced by a 10pm newscast produced by WHDH
Past Call Letters: WKBG
Past Affiliation: Independent (-1995), WB (1995-9/17/06)
Past Ownership: Kaiser Broadcasting, Field Communications, Gannett, Tribune
WDPX/Channel 58
Vineyard Haven/Cape Cod
"Cape News 58"
DEFUNCT
Past Call Letters: WCVX, WZBU
Past Affiliation: Independent
WBPX/Channel 68
Boston
"Today's Monitor"
"Newsbreak 68"
DEFUNCT
Past Call Letters: WQTV, WABU
Past Affiliation: Independent
Past Ownership: Christian Science Monitor

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