WBZ-TV
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Boston, Massachusetts United States |
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| Branding | WBZ Channel 4 (general) WBZ News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Boston's most watched station (general) Your home for the Patriots (during NFL season) |
| Channels |
Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 4 () |
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| Owner |
CBS Corporation (CBS Television Licenses LLC) |
| First air date | June 9, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning | derived from sister station WBZ radio |
| Sister station(s) | WBMX, WBZ, WBZ-FM, WODS, WSBK-TV, WZLX |
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| Transmitter power | 825 kW |
| Height | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Facility ID | 25456 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°18′37″N 71°14′14″W / 42.31028°N 71.23722°WCoordinates: 42°18′37″N 71°14′14″W / 42.31028°N 71.23722°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | boston |
WBZ-TV, channel 4, is a CBS-owned-and-operated television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation, and is part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WSBK-TV (channel 38). The two stations share studios and office facilities located on Soldiers Field Road in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston; WBZ-TV's transmitter is located in Needham, Massachusetts on a tower site that was formerly owned by CBS and is now owned by American Tower Corporation (which is shared with transmitters belonging to WCVB-TV, WGBH-TV, WBTS-LD, WGBX-TV and WSBK-TV).
WBZ-TV is also one of six local Boston television stations seen in Canada by subscribers to satellite provider Bell TV, and is also seen on most cable systems in Atlantic Canada.
As the only television station that was built from the ground up by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, WBZ-TV began operations on June 9, 1948, at 6:15 PM with a broadcast hosted by Arch MacDonald. The station was from its inception associated with the NBC television network, owing to WBZ radio (1030 AM)'s longtime affiliation with the NBC Red Network. At its sign-on, WBZ-TV became the first commercial television station to begin operations in the New England region. The station originally operated from inside the Hotel Bradford alongside its radio sister; its current home was not completed at the time, although master control and its self-supporting tower over the building were in use at sign-on. The WBZ stations would not move into what was then known as the Westinghouse Broadcasting Center until June 17, 1948, when the building was opened.
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