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  • 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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