Media in Boston

Overview of mass media in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

This is a list of television and radio stations along with a list of media outlets in and around Boston, Massachusetts, including the Greater Boston area. As the television media market titled as "Boston-(Manchester)" it stretches as far north as Manchester, New Hampshire, and ranks as the ninth-largest media market, and one of top-ten-largest radio media market in the United States according to Nielsen Media Research.

## TV

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See also: List of United States television markets and List of television stations in Massachusetts

The Boston television market includes all but the 4 westernmost counties and Bristol County in Massachusetts and the 6 southern counties in New Hampshire, plus Windham County, Vermont.

(*) – indicates a network owned-and-operated station.

* 2 WGBH-TV Boston (PBS)
* 4 WBZ-TV Boston (CBS)*
* 5 WCVB-TV Boston (ABC)
* 7 WHDH Boston (Independent)
* 15 WBTS-CD Nashua, NH (NBC)*
* 24 WFXZ-CD Boston (Biz TV)
* 25 WFXT Boston (Fox)
* 27 WUTF-TV Worcester (UniMás)
* 38 WSBK-TV Boston (Independent)
* 44 WGBX-TV Boston (PBS)
* 46 WWDP Norwell (Shop LC)
* 48 WYDN Lowell (Daystar)*
* 50 WWJE-DT Derry, NH (True Crime Network)
* 56 WLVI Cambridge (The CW)
* 58 WDPX-TV Woburn (Court TV)*
* 60 WNEU Merrimack, NH (Telemundo)*
* 62 WMFP Foxborough (SonLife)
* 66 WUNI Marlborough (Univision)*
* 68 WBPX-TV Boston (Ion Television)*

### Cable channels

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See also: List of wired multiple-system broadband providers in Massachusetts (by municipality)

* New England Cable News
* New England Sports Network
* NBC Sports Boston
* CatholicTV
* Boston Neighborhood Network (public-access television cable TV)

## Radio

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See also: List of radio stations in Massachusetts

The Boston radio market is the tenth largest in the country, encompassing over 4 million people in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties. (*) – indicates a non-commercial radio station.

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* 590 WEZE Boston (Christian)
* 680 WRKO Boston (Conservative talk)
* 740 WJIB Cambridge (Adult standards/oldies)*
* 800 WNNW Lawrence (Tropical)
* 850 WEEI Boston (Sports/ESPN)
* 890 WAMG Dedham (Tropical)
* 950 WROL Boston (Christian)
* 980 WCAP Lowell (Full-service/talk/oldies)
* 1030 WBZ Boston (All-news/talk)
* 1060 WQOM Natick (Catholic/EWTN)*
* 1090 WILD Boston (Christian)
* 1120 WBNW Concord (Financial talk)
* 1150 WWDJ Boston (Relevant Radio)*
* 1200 WXKS Newton (Conservative talk)
* 1230 WESX Nahant (Christian/ethnic)
* 1260 WBIX Boston (Brazilian-Portuguese Christian)*
* 1300 WJDA Quincy (Reggaeton)
* 1330 WRCA Watertown (Classic rock)
* 1360 WLYN Lynn (Brokered/ethnic)
* 1390 WPLM Plymouth (Soft AC–WPLM-FM)
* 1400 WLLH Lowell (Tropical)
* 1430 WKOX Everett (Spanish Christian)
* 1450 WNBP Newburyport (Bloomberg–WRCA)
* 1460 WBMS Brockton (Adult contemporary)
* 1470 WAZN Watertown (Chinese)
* 1490 WCCM Haverhill (Spanish CHR)
* 1510 WMEX Quincy (Oldies/MeTV FM)
* 1530 WVBF Middleborough Center (Talk/RRS)
* 1550 WNTN Cambridge (Community/ethnic)
* 1570 WUBG Methuen (Spanish CHR)
* 1600 WUNR Brookline (Ethnic)

### FM

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* 88.1 WMBR Cambridge (Campus/free-form–MIT)*
* 88.3 WBMT Boxford (Campus/AOR)*
* 88.3 WIQH Concord (Campus/active rock–Concord-Carlisle HS)*
* 88.5 WWRN Rockport (RenewFM)*
* 88.9 WERS Boston (Campus/free-form–Emerson)*
* 89.1 WHAB Acton (Campus–Acton-Boxborough Regional HS)*
* 89.7 WGBH Boston (NPR)*
* 90.3 WZBC Newton (Campus/free-form–Boston College)*
* 90.9 WBUR-FM Boston (NPR)*
* 91.5 WMFO Medford (Campus/free-form–Tufts)*
* 91.5 WMLN-FM Milton (Campus/free-form–Curry)*
* 91.5 WUML Lowell (Campus–UMass Lowell)*
* 91.5 WUMZ Gloucester (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
* 91.5 WZLY Wellesley (Campus/free-form–Wellesley)*
* 91.7 WAVM Maynard (Campus–Maynard HS)*
* 91.7 WMWM Salem (Campus–Salem State)*
* 91.7 WNEF Newburyport (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
* 91.7 WUMT Marshfield (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
* 91.7 WUMG Stow (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
* 91.9 WUMB-FM Boston (Americana/roots-folk/blues–UMass Boston)*
* 92.5 WXRV Andover (Adult album alternative)
* 92.9 WBOS Brookline (Bloomberg)
* 93.7 WEEI-FM Lawrence (Sports/CBS)
* 94.5 WJMN Boston (Mainstream urban)
* 95.3 WHRB Cambridge (Classical/campus/variety–Harvard)*
* 95.9 WATD-FM Marshfield (Adult contemporary)
* 96.9 WBQT Boston (Rhythmic hot AC)
* 97.7 WZRM Brockton (Spanish hits)
* 98.5 WBZ-FM Boston (Sports/Fox/MNCTV)
* 99.1 WPLM-FM Plymouth (Soft AC)
* 99.5 WCRB Lowell (Classical)*
* 99.9 WHHB Holliston (Campus/variety–Holliston HS)*
* 100.1 WBRS Waltham (Campus/variety–Brandeis)*
* 100.7 WZLX Boston (Classic rock)
* 101.7 WBWL Lynn (Country)
* 102.5 WKLB-FM Waltham (Country)
* 103.3 WBGB Boston (Adult hits)
* 104.1 WWBX Boston (Hot AC)
* 104.5 WXLO Fitchburg (Hot AC)
* 104.9 WNKC Gloucester (K-Love)*
* 104.9 WRBB Boston (Campus/free-form–Northeastern)*
* 105.7 WROR-FM Framingham (Classic hits)
* 106.7 WMJX Boston (Adult contemporary)
* 107.3 WKVB Westborough (K-Love)*
* 107.9 WXKS-FM Medford (Contemporary hits)

### Part 15

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* WTBU—Boston University (640 AM and 89.3 FM, campus-only)

### Silent

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* 1410 WZBR Dedham

## Print

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### Newspapers

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See also: List of newspapers in Massachusetts

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#### Daily

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* The Boston Globe[2]
* The Boston Herald[3]

#### Weekly

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* The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
* The Armenian Weekly
* Banker & Tradesman, business weekly
* Bay State Banner, African-American weekly
* Bay Windows, LGBT weekly
* Boston Business Journal
* The Christian Science Monitor, daily online, weekly print magazine
* Commercial Record, business weekly
* Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
* The Pilot, Catholic weekly
* La Semana, Spanish weekly

#### Bi-weekly and monthly

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* Just Property, focused on real estate[4]
* Just Rentals, focused on real estate[5]
* The Rainbow Times, the largest LGBTQ monthly newspaper in Boston, serving all of New England[6]
* Sampan, bilingual, Chinese and English
* Spare Change News

#### Neighborhood papers

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* Allston-Brighton TAB[7]
* Boston Guardian (effective successor of defunct Boston Courant)
* Boston Sun[8] (formerly Back Bay Sun)
* Beacon Hill Times[9]
* Charlestown Patriot-Bridge
* Dorchester Reporter[10]
* East Boston Sun Transcript
* Fenway News
* Hyde Park Tribune
* Jamaica Plain Gazette[11]
* Mattapan Reporter
* Mission Hill Gazette
* South End News
* West Roxbury Transcript

#### Inner suburbs

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* Arlington Advocate
* Belmont Citizen-Herald
* Brookline TAB
* Cambridge Chronicle & TAB[12]
* Cambridge Day[13]
* Newton TAB
* Somerville Journal
* Watertown TAB
* The Patriot Ledger

#### Outer suburbs

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* The Eagle-Tribune of North Andover
* MetroWest Daily News of Framingham
* The Lowell Sun of Lowell
* "Winchester Star"

#### College newspapers

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* The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, weekly, online daily
* The Daily Free Press, Boston University, weekly, online daily
* The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, daily
* The Harvard Voice, Harvard University, weekly
* The Heights, Boston College weekly, online daily
* The Hub, Emmanuel College, online
* The Huntington News, Northeastern University, weekly
* The Mass Media, University of Massachusetts Boston, weekly
* The Simmons Voice, Simmons College, weekly
* The Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University, weekly
* The Suffolk Voice, Suffolk University, online daily
* The Summit, Stonehill College
* The Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, weekly
* The Tufts Daily, Tufts University, daily
* The 1851 Chronicle, Lasell University, monthly

### Wire Services

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* Associated Press Boston bureau
* State House News Service, a local news wire covering Massachusetts state government[14]

### Others

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* Barstool Sports[15]
* Big Red & Shiny, online contemporary arts magazine with coverage and arts criticism for Greater Boston and New England[16]
* Boston Art Review, a print and online magazine on contemporary art in Boston[17]
* Boston Common Magazine
* The Boston Independent Media Center, provides alternative views[18]
* Boston Live Magazine, live music and entertainment
* Boston Magazine, a monthly lifestyles magazine[19]
* Boston Review, a national political and arts magazine
* Boston Spirit Magazine, gay and lesbian life and style magazine, for Greater Boston and New England[20]
* CommonWealth, online magazine and quarterly print publication about politics and policy in Massachusetts
* Nieman Lab, online publication covering media and journalism based at Harvard's Nieman Foundation
* Open Media Boston, progressive online metro news weekly serving the Boston area
* NewBostonPost, conservative news website[21]
* STAT, an online publication covering health and life sciences, owned by The Boston Globe[22]

## See also

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* United States portal

* Massachusetts media
* Media of cities in Massachusetts: Fall River, MA/Providence, RI, Springfield, Worcester

## References

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1. ^ "US Newspaper Directory: Massachusetts: Boston". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
2. ^ Boston Globe online
3. ^ Boston Herald online
4. ^ MLSHomeFinder
5. ^ Boston For Rent
6. ^ The Rainbow Times
7. ^ Allston-Brighton TAB
8. ^ Boston Sun online
9. ^ Beacon Hill Times
10. ^ Dorchester Reporter
11. ^ The Jamaica Plain Gazette
12. ^ Cambridge Chronicle & TAB online
13. ^ Cambridge Day online
14. ^ "About Us". statehousenews.com. State House News Service. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
15. ^ Barstool Sports
16. ^ Big Red & Shiny
17. ^ Boston Art Review
18. ^ Boston Independent Media Center
19. ^ Boston magazine online
20. ^ Boston Spirit Magazine online
21. ^ NewBostonPost
22. ^ "With a giant staff for an online startup, The Boston Globe's Stat aims to reach a global audience". Nieman Lab. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

## External links

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* FCC TV Channel Guide
* Boston Media List
* Boston Newspaper List
* Newspapers in Massachusetts
* Boston, MA on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)

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Broadcast television in Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire, including Boston/Worcester, MA and Manchester, NH

Full power|

* WGBH-TV 2
* PBS
* WBZ-TV 4
* CBS
* WCVB-TV 5
* ABC
* WHDH 7
* Ind.
* WBTS-CD 151
* NBC
* WFXZ-CD 242
* Biz TV
* WFXT 25
* Fox
* WUTF-TV 27
* UniMás
* WSBK-TV 38
* Ind.
* WGBX-TV 44
* PBS
* WWDP 46
* Roar
* WWJE-DT 50
* Crime
* WLVI 56
* The CW
* WDPX-TV 58
* Grit
* WNEU 60
* Telemundo
* WMFP 62
* Shop LC
* WUNI 66
* Univision
* WBPX-TV 68
* Ion Television

Low-power|

* WHDT-LD 3
* Infomercials
* WCEA-LD 26
* Spanish Ind.
* WCRN-LD 31
* Intrigue TV

Outlying areas|

* WMUR-TV 9
* ABC, Manchester, NH
* WENH-TV 11
* PBS/NHPBS, Durham, NH
* WVMA-CD 17
* Antenna TV, Winchendon, MA
* WPXG-TV 21
* Ion Television, Concord, NH
* WLEK-LD 22
* Infomercials, Concord, NH
* WYDN 48
* Daystar, Lowell, MA

Defunct|

* WHDH-TV 5
* Boston, 1957–1972
* WNAC-TV 7
* Boston, 1948–1982
* WJZB-TV 14
* Worcester, MA
* WNHT 21
* Concord, NH
* WXPO-TV 50
* Manchester, NH
* WTAO-TV 56
* Cambridge, MA

* 1 Nominally a low-power station; shares spectrum with full-power WGBX-TV.
2 Nominally a low-power station; shares spectrum with full-power WGBH-TV.

Adjacent areas
Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY
Burlington, VT–Plattsburgh, NY
Hartford–New Haven, CT
Portland–Augusta, ME
Providence, RI–New Bedford, MA
Springfield–Holyoke, MA

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Radio stations in the Boston, Massachusetts, metropolitan area

By AM frequency|

* 590
* 6401
* 680
* 720
* 850
* 890
* 950
* 10302
* 1060
* 1090
* 1120
* 1150
* 1200
* 1230
* 1260
* 1300
* 1330
* 1360
* 1390
* 1430
* 1460
* 1470
* 1510
* 1530
* 1550
* 1600

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 88.3
* 88.5
* 88.9
* 89.1
* 89.3
* 89.31
* 89.7
* 90.3
* 90.9
* 91.3
* 91.5
* WMFO
* WMLN-FM
* WUMZ
* WZLY
* 91.7
* WAVM3
* WMWM
* WUMT
* WUMG3
* 91.9
* 92.5
* 92.9
* 93.7
* 94.5
* 95.3
* 95.9
* 96.9
* 97.7
* 98.5
* 99.1
* 99.5
* 99.9
* 100.1
* 100.7
* 101.7
* 102.5
* 103.3
* 104.1
* 104.54
* 104.9
* 105.7
* 106.7
* 107.34
* 107.9

| LPFM|

* 89.3
* 94.9
* WAEM-LP
* WZMR-LP
* WZMW-LP
* 102.9
* WBCA-LP
* WBNU-LP
* WBPG-LP
* WFPR-LP
* WLAS-LP

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Translators|

* 96.5
* 101.1
* 101.3
* 101.5
* 102.1
* 103.7
* 105.3
* 106.1

Via FM subcarrier|

67 kHz
Radio Maria Estados Unidos (Spanish)
Talking Information Center (radio reading service)
TNT Radio Boston (Vietnamese)

92 kHz
Radio Voie du Salut (Haitian Creole/English religion)

By NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.425
* 162.475

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 88.9-1
* 88.9-2
* 89.7-1
* 89.7-2
* 89.7-3
* 90.9-1
* 92.9-1
* 92.9-2
* 93.7-1
* 94.5-1
* 94.5-2
* 96.9-1
* 97.7-1
* 98.5-1
* 98.5-2
* 99.5-1
* 100.7-1
* 100.7-2
* 100.7-3
* 101.7-1
* 101.7-2
* 102.5-1
* 103.3-1
* 103.3-2
* 104.1-1
* 104.1-2
* 105.7-1
* 106.7-1
* 107.3-14
* 107.3-24
* 107.3-34
* 107.9-1
* 107.9-2

By call sign|

* KHB35
* W243DC
* W266DA
* W267CE
* W268AM
* W271CG
* W271CU
* W279BQ
* W287CW
* W291CZ
* WAEM-LP
* WAMG
* WATD-FM
* WAVM3
* WAZN
* WBIX
* WBCA-LP
* WBGB
* HD2
* WBMS
* WBNU-LP
* WBNW
* WBOS
* HD2
* WBPG-LP
* WBQT
* WBRS
* WBUR-FM
* WBWL
* HD2
* WBZ2
* WBZ-FM
* HD2
* WCDV-LP
* WCRB
* WEEI
* WEEI-FM
* WERS
* HD2
* WESX
* WEZE
* WFPR-LP
* WGAO
* WGBH
* HD2
* HD3
* WHAB
* WHHB
* WHRB
* WILD
* WJDA
* WJIB
* WJMN
* HD2
* WKLB-FM
* WKOX
* WKVB4
* HD2
* HD3
* WLAS-LP
* WLYN
* WMBR
* WMEX
* WMFO
* WMJX
* WMLN-FM
* WMWM
* WNG574
* WNTN
* WPLM
* WPLM-FM
* WQOM
* WRBB
* WRCA
* WRKO
* WROL
* WROR-FM
* WSHL-FM
* WTBU1
* WUMB-FM
* WUMG3
* WUMT
* WUMZ
* WUNR
* WVBF
* WWBX
* HD2
* WWDJ
* WWRN
* WXKS
* WXKS-FM
* HD2
* WXLO4
* WXRV
* WZBC
* WZLX
* HD2
* HD3
* WZLY
* WZMR-LP
* WZMW-LP
* WZRM

Transmitter sites|

* John Hancock Tower
* One Financial Center
* Prudential Tower

Defunct|

* RadioBDC (internet)
* WDIS (1170 AM)
* WGI/WARC
* WLFQ
* WSRO (650 AM)
* WYAJ (97.7 FM)
* WZBR (1410 AM)

Radio stations in Greater Boston
Boston

Lowell-Lawrence-Haverhill
Nashua
Worcester

Other nearby regions
Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard
New Bedford-Fall River
Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester
Providence
Worcester

See also
List of radio stations in Massachusetts

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Notes
1\. Part 15 station with notability.
2\. Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.
3\. Under a "Shared Time" agreement.
4\. Transmits from Worcester County.

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Boston

Topics|

* Accent
* Annual events
* Architecture
* Arts
* Bibliography
* Culture
* Demographics
* Diplomatic missions
* Economy
* Education
* Colleges and universities
* Geography
* Historic places
* Northern
* Southern
* History
* Timeline
* Media
* Nicknames
* People
* Politics
* Port
* Public library
* Public schools
* Sister cities
* Skyscrapers
* Songs
* Transportation

Attractions|

* Boston Common
* Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
* Irish Famine Memorial
* Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum
* Bunker Hill Monument
* Dorchester Heights Monument
* Faneuil Hall
* Fenway Park
* Franklin Park Zoo
* Freedom Trail
* Hynes Convention Center
* Institute of Contemporary Art
* Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
* John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
* Massachusetts State House
* Museum of Fine Arts
* Appeal to the Great Spirit
* Museum of Science
* New England Aquarium
* Old North Church
* Paul Revere House
* Boston Symphony Hall
* TD Garden
* USS Constitution
* Museum

Business
districts|

* Back Bay
* Downtown
* Fenway–Kenmore
* Financial District
* Government Center
* Innovation district
* North End
* Route 128 corridor
* South End
* List of companies in Boston

Government|

* City charter
* City council
* City Hall
* Elections
* Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
* FinComm
* Fire
* Housing (BHA)
* Mayor
* Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)
* Police

Neighborhoods|

* Allston–Brighton
* Allston
* Brighton
* Back Bay
* Bay Village
* Beacon Hill
* Downtown Boston
* Financial District
* Government Center
* Charlestown
* Chestnut Hill
* Chinatown
* Dorchester
* Columbia Point
* Upham's Corner
* East Boston
* Fenway–Kenmore
* Harbor Islands
* Hyde Park
* Readville
* Jamaica Plain
* Forest Hills
* Leather District
* Mattapan
* Mission Hill
* Longwood
* North End
* Roslindale
* Roxbury
* Fort Hill
* South Boston
* Fort Point
* Seaport
* South End
* West End
* West Roxbury

Sports|

* Boston Bruins
* Boston Celtics
* Boston Marathon
* Boston Red Sox
* New England Free Jacks
* New England Patriots
* New England Revolution

* Suffolk County
* Greater Boston
* Massachusetts

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