WBZ-TV

WBZ-TV
  • Boston, Massachusetts
  • United States
Channels
BrandingWBZ; WBZ News / CBS News Boston
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WSBK-TV
History
First air date
June 9, 1948 (1948-06-09)
Former channel numbers
  • 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
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. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network via its CBS News and Stations division. Under common ownership with independent station WSBK-TV (channel 38), both stations share studio facilities 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).