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WCVB-TV is the ABC affiliate in Boston, Massachusetts. The station's TV transmitters are located at the Viacom digital television facility in Needham, Massachusetts. The studios are located nearby along Route 128. Also, it is one of six local Boston TV stations seen in Canada on the Bell ExpressVu satellite provider. WCVB's signal covers Greater Boston, southern New Hampshire, northern Rhode Island, and northeastern Connecticut. Boston is the capital of and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. ... A slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ... This article is about brands in marketing. ... For other uses, see analog (disambiguation) An analog or analogue signal is any continuously variable signal. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... A digital system is one that uses discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values: compare analog. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... ABC (disambiguation) ... Foundation may be: the founding of an institution. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th) - Land 20,317 km² - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... Needham may refer to several places: Needham, Massachusetts — A suburb of Boston. ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th) - Land 20,317 km² - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... Route 128 is a ring highway with Boston at its center and surrounded by the concentric Interstate 495. ... Bell ExpressVu is the division of Bell Canada which sells digital television services in Canada. ... Greater Boston is the area of Massachusetts closely surrounding Boston, Massachusetts. ... State nickname: The Granite State Other U.S. States Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Governor John Lynch Official languages English Area 24,239 km² (46th) - Land 23,249 km² - Water 814 km² (3. ... State nickname: The Ocean State Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri Official languages None Area 4,005 km² (50th) - Land 2,709 km² - Water 1,296 km² (32. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th) - Land 12,559 km² - Water 1,809 km² (12. ...

History

The station first signed on November 26, 1957 as WHDH-TV, owned by the Boston Herald-Traveler along with WHDH radio. In 1961, the FCC (according to some, at the behest of the Boston Globe) began investigating the media combination of the Herald Traveler and WHDH-AM-FM-TV. In 1969, a local group, Boston Broadcasters, won a construction permit for a new channel 5. The Herald Traveler fought the decision in court, but lost in 1972. November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 242,957 in September 2002. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... The acronym FCC can refer to: Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Foreign Correspondents Club, a group of clubs for correspondents and... The Boston Globe is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ...

On March 19, 1972, WHDH-TV signed off for the last time, replaced by the new WCVB. However, the Herald-Traveler refused to hand over its facilities to the new channel 5. As such, the station rented tower space from WBZ-TV. For its studios, WCVB used an old International Harvester dealership in Needham, which the station continues to use today. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... WBZ is the call letters for a television station and an AM radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, both owned by Viacom. ...

WCVB was notable for providing more local programming than any other television station in the nation throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. One program produced by WCVB-TV was Chronicle, a local nightly newsmagazine started in 1982 which still airs as of 2005. Another program was Good Day!. This program, which first aired in 1973, broke ground by taking its entire production on the road and broadcasting from locations outside the Boston area. Good Day! served as a basis for ABC's Good Morning America. 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ...

The station is also known for exceptional news coverage and has been consistently at the top of the news ratings since the 1980s. However, by the late 1990s and early 2000s, the station was in a period of transition as it saw major competition from a resurgent WHDH-TV. At the same time, the station, known for the longevity and stability of its on-air staff, saw the end of its longtime anchor team of Chet Curtis and Natalie Jacobson. The two newscasters have been anchoring together since the 1980s. Natalie Jacobson is still anchoring at channel 5 while Chet Curtis is at cable news channel NECN. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing over 3000 people. ... WHDH-TV is the NBC affiliate in the Boston, Massachusetts television market. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

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References

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