WNAC-TV (Boston)

WNAC-TV
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsCBS (1948–1961 & 1972–1982)

ABC (secondary, 1948–1957; full-time, 1961–1972)

DuMont (secondary, 1948–1956)
Ownership
OwnerRKO General
WNAC/WRKO, WNAC-FM/WRKO-FM/WROR
History
First air date
June 21, 1948 (1948-06-21)
Last air date
May 22, 1982 (1982-05-22)
(33 years, 11 months and 1 day)
Call sign meaning
Sequentially assigned to former radio sister station WNAC

WNAC-TV, channel 7, was a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station was owned by RKO General. Originally established in 1948, WNAC-TV signed off for the final time at 1:00 a.m. on May 22, 1982, due to improprieties by its parent company; it was replaced that morning with WNEV-TV (now WHDH), which operates on a separate license. The station was Boston's original CBS television affiliate; except for a period from 1961 to 1972 during which it was an ABC affiliate, WNAC-TV would remain with CBS until its replacement with WNEV-TV.