WBZ-TV

WBZ-TV
Channels
BrandingWBZ; WBZ News / CBS News Boston
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WSBK-TV
History
First air date
June 9, 1948
(76 years ago)
 (1948-06-09)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 4 (VHF, 1948–2009)
  • Digital: 30 (UHF, 1999–2019)
  • NBC (1948–1995)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1948–1953)
Call sign meaning
Taken from WBZ radio
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID25456
ERP
  • 922 kW
  • 1,000 kW (application)
HAAT388.3 m (1,274 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°18′37″N 71°14′12″W / 42.31028°N 71.23667°W / 42.31028; -71.23667
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.cbsnews.com/boston/

WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent WSBK-TV (channel 38). Both stations share studios on Soldiers Field Road in the Allston–Brighton section of Boston. WBZ-TV's transmitter is located on Cedar Street 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 sister station WSBK as well as WCVB-TV, WBTS-CD and WGBX-TV).

  1. ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for WBZ". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBZ-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.