WHDH-TV (channel 5)

WHDH-TV
Channels
Ownership
Owner
WHDH (now WEEI),
WHDH-FM (now WJMN)
History
First air date
November 26, 1957 (1957-11-26)
Last air date
March 18, 1972 (1972-03-18)
(14 years, 113 days)
ABC (1957–1960)
CBS (1961–1972)
Call sign meaning
sequentially assigned to former radio sister station WHDH (AM)
Technical information
ERP100 kW
HAAT306 m (1,004 ft)

WHDH-TV (channel 5) was a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station ceased operations on March 18, 1972, following the revocation of the station's license. The channel 5 allocation in the market was taken over by WCVB-TV the following morning, March 19, 1972. WCVB operates using a separate license from WHDH-TV; conversely, the original WHDH-TV is also of no relation to the current WHDH (channel 7), which is a news-intensive independent; it served as the Boston market's NBC affiliate from January 2, 1995, through December 31, 2016.