WHDH-TV

WHDH-TV (Channel 7) is the NBC-affiliated television station for Boston, Massachusetts, serving eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Its transmitter is located in Newton, Massachusetts. Owned by Sunbeam Television, WHDH is sister to CW affiliate WLVI-TV. The two stations share studios located at Bulfinch Place (near Government Center) in downtown Boston. The station is the largest NBC affiliate that is not a full network-owned and op... more

WHDH-TV (Channel 7) is the NBC-affiliated television station for Boston, Massachusetts, serving eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Its transmitter is located in Newton, Massachusetts. Owned by Sunbeam Television, WHDH is sister to CW affiliate WLVI-TV. The two stations share studios located at Bulfinch Place (near Government Center) in downtown Boston. The station is the largest NBC affiliate that is not a full network-owned and operated station or semi-O&O; (KXAS in Dallas and KNSD in San Diego are partially owned by NBC Universal, each with a 26% stake from LIN Television). Sunbeam Television, which is based in Miami, Florida, owns that market's Fox affiliate, WSVN. WHDH and WSVN share resources when covering each other's news. Channel 7 first went on the air on June 21, 1948 as WNAC-TV, the second television station in Boston (twelve days after WBZ-TV). It was owned by General Tire along with WNAC-AM 680 (now WRKO), flagship of the Yankee Network, a New England... less