WCVB-TV
 
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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 (Hearst Stations 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 one of three flagship television stations of Hearst Television along with WBAL-TV and WTAE-TV, 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, midday and weekend late newscasts, along with World News Now, are overlaid with local paid programming on those providers; however, the latter has carried the normal WCVB-TV feed for the past couple of years.
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.
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