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WBZ-TV
Image:Wbz tv boston.png
Boston, Massachusetts
Branding WBZ
Slogan Welcome to Curiosity
Channels Analog: 4 (VHF)

Digital: 30 (UHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner CBS Corporation
Founded June 9, 1948
Call letters’ meaning named after radio station WBZ
Sister station(s) WBCN, WBZ (AM), WBMX, WODS, WSBK-TV & WZLX
Former affiliations NBC (1948-1995)
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825 kW (digital)
Height 353 m (analog)
390 m (digital)
Facility ID 25456
Transmitter Coordinates 42°18′37.2″N, 71°14′11.7″W
Website www.wbztv.com/

WBZ-TV is the CBS owned-and-operated television station serving the Boston, Massachusetts television market and broadcasted on Channel 4 (analog) & Channel 30 (digital). The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area The station's transmitter is located in Needham while studios are located on Soldiers Field Road in Boston's Brighton neighborhood. Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It's a sister station to independent WSBK-TV. WSBK-TV, channel 38 is an independent television station licensed to Boston Massachusetts, owned by the CBS Corporation.

Contents

History

Early years

WBZ-TV took to the air for the first time June 9, 1948. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first commercial television station in New England. It was owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting (later known as Group W), a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, along with WBZ radio (AM 1030 and 100. Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, also known as Group W, was the Broadcasting division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. WBZ is the callsign for an AM Radio station in Boston Massachusetts which is owned by CBS Radio (formerly Infinity Broadcasting 7 FM, now WZLX). WZLX (1007 FM Boston) is a prominent Classic rock radio station in the Boston market The station immediately joined NBC owing to WBZ-AM's long affiliation with NBC Radio. It is the only television station to have been built from the ground up by Group W.

The station was knocked off the air August 31, 1954, when Hurricane Carol toppled the station's self-supporting tower over its studios. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Hurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones to affect New England, United States. A temporary transmitter was installed on a nearby tower and later on the original tower of WNAC-TV (channel 7, now WHDH-TV). In 1957, WBZ-TV began broadcasting from a 1200-foot (366-meter) tower in Needham. The tower site is now known as the CBS Digital Television Broadcasting Facility, and is used by several Boston-area television stations, including WGBH-TV (channel 2) and WCVB-TV (channel 5). For the radio station specifically see WGBH (FM. WGBH is a non-commercial Television and Radio broadcast service located in Boston

Channel 4 nearly lost its NBC affiliation in 1955, when Westinghouse balked at NBC's offer to trade sister stations KYW-AM and WPTZ-TV (now KYW-TV) in Philadelphia in exchange for the network's owned and operated cluster in Cleveland. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) KYW is a class A AM Radio station on 1060 kHz licensed to Philadelphia Pennsylvania. KYW-TV, channel 3 is a television station in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, owned by the CBS Corporation and affiliated with the CBS Television Network. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state In response, NBC threatened to yank its programming from both WBZ-TV and WPTZ unless Westinghouse agreed to the trade. The swap was made in 1956, but Westinghouse immediately complained to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department about NBC's extortion. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department Extortion, outwresting, or exaction is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person Unlawfully obtains either money property or services In 1965, the FCC ordered the swap reversed without NBC realizing any profit on the deal. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

WBZ-TV was a pioneer in Boston television. In 1948, it began live broadcasts of Boston's two Major League Baseball teams, the Red Sox and the Boston Braves, broadcasts that at first were split with WNAC. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. It was also the first Boston station to have daily newscasts, starting with the station's very first night on the air.

The 1960s

In the mid-1960s, it adopted the Eyewitness News format that had been pioneered at KYW-TV. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States.

The station also broadcast many locally-produced programs over the years. One of the most beloved was the long-running Big Brother Bob Emery show, hosted by veteran radio performer Emery, who first did the show on Boston-area radio in 1921 and who in 1947 hosted the first five-times-a-week children's show on network television on DuMont. For nearly two decades, from 1956 until 1974, Rex Trailer hosted a popular weekend-morning children's show called Boomtown. Rex Trailer is a Boston Massachusetts based Television personality broadcast pioneer and Country and Western recording artist Boomtown was a weekend children's show on WBZ-TV in Boston Massachusetts that ran from 1956 through 1974 For part of that time, Boomtown originated from an outdoor "western town" set built next to WBZ-TV's studios. In 2005, WBZ aired a special documentary film directed by Michael Bavaro titled "Rex Trailer's Boomtown" featuring old clips and interviews with childhood fans like Jay Leno, Steven Wright, Tom Bergeron, Jimmy Tingle, and many others. Michael Bavaro is a Filmmaker based in Manhattan. Born in 1959 he grew up in Milford Massachusetts and graduated from Fitchburg State College James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6 1955) is an American Stand-up comedian, Actor, and Writer. Tom Bergeron (born May 6, 1955 in Haverhill Massachusetts) is an American Television personality and Game show host, best Jimmy Tingle (born April 9, 1955 in Cambridge Massachusetts) is an American comic and occasional Actor. The broadcast master in now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Television & Radio in New York City. The Paley Center for Media, formerly The Museum of Television & Radio ( MT&R) and The Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S

The 1970s and 1980s

From 1977 to 1990, Evening Magazine aired on the station. See also PM Magazine Evening Magazine is the name of various different news and entertainment style local television shows in different markets The original co-hosts were Robin Young and Marty Sender; later, Barry Nolan and Sara Edwards co-hosted the program. Robin Young (born Robin Cardwell Youngs is a Boston -based radio host and local television personality with work reaching back into the mid-1970s when she hosted Evening Barry Nolan is a former presenter on Comcast Cable's CN8 channel once hosting the shows Nitebeat and Backstage, and Backstage with Barry Sara Edwards is a reporter Host and Executive Producer for " Backstage," CN8 's national entertainment program

People Are Talking, (1980–1993) a live early-afternoon talk show aired on WBZ, as it did on some other Westinghouse stations. In Boston, it was originally hosted by Nancy Merrill and later by Buzz Luttrell, but the best-known host was the program's last, Tom Bergeron. Tom Bergeron (born May 6, 1955 in Haverhill Massachusetts) is an American Television personality and Game show host, best

Screengrab of WBZ-TV 4 promo from 1989.
Screengrab of WBZ-TV 4 promo from 1989.

As an NBC affiliate, the station was known to preempt several hours of network programming a day — a common practice among Group W stations. This was significant, since WBZ-TV was NBC's second-largest affiliate in the Eastern Time Zone. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America It primarily preempted several daytime morning programs. On January 3, 1983, when People Are Talking expanded to one hour, WBZ-TV dropped NBC's Another World, which would move to WQTV (now WBPX) until the fall of 1987, when the show moved to WHLL (now WUNI-TV) and later to WMFP in the early 1990s. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Another World is a television Soap opera that ran on the NBC network from May 4 1964 to June 25 1999. WBPX, channel 68 is the ION Television station owned by ION Media Networks (formerly Paxson Communications serving the Boston market WUNI channel 27 is the Univision Television affiliate for the Greater Boston market WMFP is a Television station in the Boston market The station is licenced to Lawrence Massachusetts, and is owned by Multicultural Television The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The station also dropped many Saturday morning cartoons in 1990, even though NBC later abandoned such programming in favor of live-action, teen-oriented shows, such as Saved by the Bell. Saved by the Bell is an American sitcom that originally aired between 1989 and 1993 NBC has traditionally been less tolerant of preemptions than the other networks. However, it was generally satisfied with WBZ-TV, which was one of NBC's strongest affiliates. As a sidebar, sister station KYW-TV in Philadelphia (ironically, NBC's largest affiliate) also heavily preempted NBC programming, but it spent most of the 1980s and 1990s as NBC's weakest major-market affiliate.

In the early 1980s, WBZ-TV lost its longtime spot as Boston's highest-rated news station to WCVB, but even then was a strong second for more than a decade. Its evening news team — anchors Liz Walker and Jack Williams, meteorologist Bruce Schwoegler and sportscaster Bob Lobel — was the longest-running news team in New England from 1980 until Walker moved to the noon newscasts in 2000. Jack Williams is the chief anchor on WBZ-TV in Boston Massachusetts. Robert " Bob " Lobel is a former Sportscaster for WBZ-TV in Boston Massachusetts. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Other personalities who came to channel 4 during this time were entertainment reporter Joyce Kulhawik and political reporter John Henning. Joyce Kulhawik (b 1954 was the arts and entertainment anchor for WBZ-TV News in Boston Massachusetts. John Henning is a veteran news reporter and political analyst who spent many years on Boston television before becoming a commentator on radio Williams and Walker, are still at channel 4 today, though Walker is now the host of a Sunday morning talk show.

The 1990s

In 1994, Group W and CBS struck an affiliation deal that resulted in three of Group W's five stations — WBZ-TV, KYW-TV and WJZ-TV in Baltimore — switching to CBS (Group W's other two stations, KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh and KPIX-TV in San Francisco, were already CBS affiliates). Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the television station in Baltimore Maryland KDKA-TV is the CBS owned and operated (O&O Television station in Pittsburgh. KPIX-TV (Channel 5 is the CBS Owned and operated Television station in San Francisco California. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Boston switch happened in the early morning hours of January 2, 1995, with channel 7 (WHDH-TV) going to NBC. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The news program NBC Nightside ended at 5 am, followed by local news and the first program from the new affiliation, CBS This Morning. The Early Show is an American Television morning news Talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a WBZ-TV thus became the third station in Boston to affiliate with CBS. The network had originally affiliated with WNAC-TV in 1948, then moved to channel 5 (then known as WHDH-TV, no relation to the current WHDH-TV) in 1962. It then returned to channel 7 in 1972 and stayed there until the switch. As a CBS affiliate, WBZ-TV aired the entire CBS schedule with no pre-emptions except for local news emergencies, as per Westinghouse's agreement with CBS.

When Westinghouse merged with CBS in early 1996, WBZ-TV became a CBS-owned and operated station. As a condition of the merger, CBS had to sell recently-acquired WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island. WPRI-TV, channel 12 is the CBS -affiliated Television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County Massachusetts, licensed WBZ-TV's city-grade signal covers most of Rhode Island, while WPRI's city-grade signal reaches most of the Boston metropolitan area. FCC regulations at the time did not allow common ownership of two or more television stations with overlapping city-grade signals.

WBZ-TV was the first former Group W station to drop the channel number in Group W's Anklepants font, and WBZ-TV introduced a then-new logo in 1997.

The 2000s

Although the station tends to rank #1 in daytime and primetime ratings, Channel 4's local news ratings have suffered since the switch in network affiliations. This is partly because at the time of the switch, CBS was well behind NBC in the network ratings. Taken as a whole, its local news is the lowest rated of Boston's "Big 3" affiliates, having dipped behind a resurgent WHDH-TV as well. In January of 2006, attempting to bolster its local news ratings, Channel 4 reinstated its 5 pm news and dismissed its former lead anchor Josh Binswanger, leading to the return of long-time anchor Jack Williams to the prime-time newscasts. Jack Williams is the chief anchor on WBZ-TV in Boston Massachusetts. In addition, Ed Carroll's contract was not renewed and in October 2005 the station hired Ken Barlow from KARE-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to replace him as chief meteorologist. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. KARE, channel 11 is an NBC -affiliated television station licensed to Minneapolis Minnesota, and serving the Minneapolis- St

In late August 2006, WBZ-TV ended its 4 pm weekday newscast and hired anchor Chris May from WHDH channel 7. Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and May, along with Sara Underwood, anchored the 5 pm weekday news on WBZ-TV. May has since moved to sister station KYW-TV in Philadelphia, and Underwood's contract with the station was not renewed. She left the station on March 4, 2008. As of September 18, 2006, WHDH now airs the only 4 PM weekday newscast in the Boston area. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

In January 2007, the station launched Project Mass[1], a commitment to cover the community's top concerns in government, transit, healthcare, education, finance, and the environment. The initiative kicked-off with an online town meeting.

WBZ-TV IDs used during KEWLopolis programming.
WBZ-TV IDs used during KEWLopolis programming. KEWLopolis is a three-hour Children's programming block that began on CBS on September 15, 2007 replacing the KOL Secret Slumber

Channel 4 has changed its news and station branding continuously since the affiliation switch, from "Eyewitness News" to "WBZ News 4" to "News 4 New England" to "WBZ 4 News". On February 1, 2004, WBZ rebranded itself as "CBS4," as per the CBS Mandate. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The CBS Mandate, which is also known as the Viacom Mandate, is a mandate used by both Viacom and now CBS Corporation on the company's owned-and-operated

The "CBS4" branding was phased-out during the first quarter of 2007 and, as of February 2007, the station's newscast title was reverted from "CBS 4 News" to "WBZ News". The return of "WBZ-TV" and "WBZ News" took place Sunday, February 4, 2007, during the station's coverage of the Super Bowl[2]. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This makes the station the first station owned by CBS to depart from the CBS Mandate standardization since. It joins sister stations KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, WCCO-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul, WWJ in Detroit and WJZ-TV in Baltimore in not following the Mandate currently. KDKA-TV is the CBS owned and operated (O&O Television station in Pittsburgh. WCCO-TV, is the CBS owned and operated Television station that serves the Minneapolis-St This article is about the television station in Baltimore Maryland General manager Ed Piette told The Boston Globe that he decided to ditch the "CBS4" branding when he arrived in Boston for his first day of work and a cabbie asked him, "Whatever happened to WBZ?" Piette hopes to reemphasize WBZ-TV's local identity--a strategy that worked well when he was general manager at WCCO-TV, ironically another station that doesn't follow the CBS Mandate. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, [3]

After Viacom's (whose head Sumner Redstone comes from Boston) merger with CBS in 2000, WBZ-TV's operations were merged with that of Boston's UPN affiliate, WSBK-TV, and later with WLWC-TV, the UPN affiliate in nearby Providence. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27 1923) is Majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National United Paramount Network ( UPN) was a Television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States and that was in production for over eleven WSBK-TV, channel 38 is an independent television station licensed to Boston Massachusetts, owned by the CBS Corporation. WLWC, channel 28 is the CW -affiliated Television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County Massachusetts, licensed to Today, the operations of WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV are co-located at WBZ's studios in Brighton. WLWC has since been sold to the Four Points Media Group, a broadcaster controlled by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Four Points Media Group LLC is a television station holding company founded by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management in 2007 with its purchase of seven television Cerberus Capital Management LP is one of the largest Private equity investment firms in the USA

WBZ's on-air staff continued to change in late 2007, when longtime morning anchor Scott Wahle was re-assigned and replaced by former WFXT anchor David Wade. WFXT, channel 25 is an Owned-and-operated station of the News Corporation -owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Boston Massachusetts. In January 2008, longtime morning and midday meteorologist Barry Burbank was re-assigned to the weekend programs. He was replaced by meteorologist Todd Gutner.

On February 29, 2008, it was reported that the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused a significant loss in viewers during the late news. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The 2007&ndash2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a strike by the Writers Guild of America East WBZ-TV finished with an average of 157,800 total viewers, down from 177,800 viewers in 2007. [4]

On Wednesday, April 2, 2008, it was reported that longtime sports director Bob Lobel, enternatinment reporter Joyce Kulhawik and TV-38 anchor Scott Wahle were among some thirty individuals fired in WBZ's staff reduction. It is expected that the three will leave the station in mid May, but that is not confirmed. Steve Burton will presumably become the new sports director, but it is unclear who will take over the positions Wahle and Kulhawik once held.

Special events

Over the past few years, WBZ-TV and parent CBS have co-produced a live telecast of the annual Boston Pops' July 4 concert at Boston's Hatch Shell along the Charles River. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples The entire concert is broadcast live locally by WBZ. The CBS network joins the show in progress at 10 p. m. to show the Pops' signature versions of "1812 Overture" and "Stars and Stripes Forever," as well as the fireworks over the Charles. Live coverage of the event was broadcast in high-definition for the first time beginning in 2007[5].

For several years, the station has aired exclusive First Night Boston coverage on New Year's Eve, showcasing festivities from Boston, New England, and the world. For "the law of the first night" see Droit de seigneur First Night is an outdoor artistic and cultural celebration on New Year's

Also the Boston Marathon (see Sports section below).

Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel Programming
4. 1 / 30. 1 Main WBZ programming

In 2009, WBZ-TV will leave channel 4 and move to channel 30 when the analog to digital conversion is complete. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. However, the station will still map to 4. [6]

Lottery

WBZ-TV was also the first station to air daily Mass State Lottery drawings in Boston, starting in 1975. Tom Bergeron credits one of his early TV jobs to hosting lottery drawings on Channel 4. The station holds the record for having the rights to the games the longest (12 years), before passing the torch to Channel 7 (then known as WNEV-TV) in 1987. Eleven years later, Lottery Live would return to WBZ, with long-time host Dawn Hayes still at the helm. Due to new limited contacts permitting the local stations to carry Lottery Live for only three years at a time, WBZ moved the games to sister station WSBK-TV in 2001. WSBK-TV, channel 38 is an independent television station licensed to Boston Massachusetts, owned by the CBS Corporation.

Sports

WBZ-TV has aired local sporting events over the years. Besides the Braves (1948 until they moved to Milwaukee before the 1953 season) and the Red Sox (1948–1957; 1972–1974, and a handful of games in 2003 and 2004), WBZ-TV also broadcast the Boston Celtics from 1972–73 through 1984–85. In 1980, WBZ-TV was the first Boston television station to broadcast live wire-to-wire coverage of the Boston Marathon; the station has done so every year since. The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Boston, Massachusetts

Logos

In the early 1960s, WBZ unveiled a new stylized "4" logo, using a distinctive font that had been designed especially for Group W. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The logo became italicized in the late 1980s, but remained the same font. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. It kept this logo for over 30 years until it unveiled its first "News 4 New England" logo in September 1996. The old logo was the longest-used numeric logo in New England television history until WCVB's stylized "5" crossed the 31-year mark in 2003.

The "Circle-4" logo that replaced the original "News 4" logo in 1998 was often referred to on-air by WBZ sports anchor Bob Lobel as "The Circle 4 Ranch. " As of 2007, WBZ has dropped the CBS-mandated "CBS4" logo and branding and now refers to itself simply as "WBZ-TV".

Coverage area

WBZ-TV's transmitter and antenna are located in Needham, Massachusetts, on the same tower as WCVB-TV/DT, WGBH-TV/DT, WGBX-TV/DT, and WSBK-TV's HDTV transmitter. Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. For the radio station specifically see WGBH (FM. WGBH is a non-commercial Television and Radio broadcast service located in Boston WGBX-TV ('GBH 44 is a Public television station located in Boston Massachusetts. WSBK-TV, channel 38 is an independent television station licensed to Boston Massachusetts, owned by the CBS Corporation. In fact, the tower and site are owned by CBS itself. Its signal covers Greater Boston, southern New Hampshire, northern Rhode Island, and northeastern Connecticut. Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston Massachusetts. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. WBZ is also one of six local Boston TV stations seen in Canada on the Bell ExpressVu satellite provider, and is also seen on most cable systems in Atlantic Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast:

Newscasts

WBZ operates a Bell LongRanger 206LIV called "Sky Eye". Bell Helicopter Textron is an American Helicopter and Tiltrotor manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth Texas. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In addition to its main studios in Boston, the station operates two other news bureaus. The "Worcester Bureau" is located on Main Street; the "New Hampshire Bureau" is located on Elm Street in Manchester. Worcester (ˈwʊstɚ is a City in the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Manchester is the largest city in the US state of New Hampshire and the largest city of northern New England, an area composed of Vermont,

The station's weather radar, known as "WBZ Doppler Live", is located at Worcester Regional Airport. A weather radar is a type of Radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion estimate its type ( Rain Worcester Regional Airport is a public Airport located three miles (5 km) west of the Central business district of Worcester, a city in Along with other CBS-owned stations, WBZ offers a web-only "@ Your Desk" newscast available live and on-demand.

WBZ produces a weeknight 9 o'clock newscast for sister station WSBK. WSBK-TV, channel 38 is an independent television station licensed to Boston Massachusetts, owned by the CBS Corporation.

News/Station Presentation

Newscast names

Newscast Music

News team

WBZ's weeknight 6 and 11 anchors.
WBZ's weeknight 6 and 11 anchors. Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States.
The station's chief meteorologist.
The station's chief meteorologist.

Past personalities

External links

References

  1. ^ wbztv.com - Project Mass
  2. ^ http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=180554
  3. ^ Changing the station - The Boston Globe
  4. ^ Strike took viewers from late local news
  5. ^ Ch. 4 fireworks go high-def - The Boston Globe
  6. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
WMAQ-TV, channel 5 is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago Illinois. WBUR refers to one of two stations in Massachusetts WBUR AM and FM both owned by Boston University.
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