WCVB
 
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Boston, Massachusetts United States |
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| Branding |
WCVB Channel 5 (general) WCVB NewsCenter 5 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Boston's News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 5 () |
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| Owner |
Hearst Television (WCVB Hearst Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 19, 1972 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Channel V (five in Roman Numerals, former analog and current PSIP channel) in Boston |
| Sister station(s) | WMUR-TV |
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| Transmitter power | 625 kW |
| Height | 390 m |
| Facility ID | 65684 |
| 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 | www |
WCVB-TV, channel 5, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship television station of Hearst Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation. WCVB-TV maintains studio and transmitter facilities located separately in Needham, Massachusetts.
Nearby Manchester, New Hampshire is considered part of the Boston media market; WMUR-TV (channel 9), that city's ABC affiliate, is also owned by Hearst.
WCVB is also one of six Boston television stations that are carried by satellite provider Bell TV and fiber optic television provider Bell Fibe TV in Canada. Since 2010, some midday and weekend late newscasts, along with World News Now are overlaid with local paid programming on those providers.
The channel 5 allocation in Boston was first occupied by WHDH-TV, which signed on the air on November 26, 1957. The station was owned by the Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation, along with WHDH radio (850 AM, now occupied by WEEI; and 94.5 FM, now WJMN). It was originally an ABC affiliate, but switched to CBS in 1961.
However, almost as soon as it signed on, the Federal Communications Commission began investigating allegations of impropriety in the granting of the television station's construction permit. This touched off a struggle that lasted 15 years. As a result, WHDH-TV never had a license renewal period lasting more than six months at a time (most television licenses at the time lasted for three years). In 1969, a local group, Boston Broadcasters, won a construction permit to build a new station on channel 5 under the callsign of WCVB-TV after promising to air more local programming than any other station in the United States at the time. It was also critical of the combination of the Herald-Traveler and WHDH-AM-FM-TV. Herald-Traveler Corporation fought the decision in court, but lost in 1972 and Boston Broadcasters was awarded a full license. The local group was led by acoustic expert Leo Beranek.
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