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Owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal (itself a subsidiary of Comcast), it is sister to Merrimack, New Hampshire-licensed Telemundo owned-and-operated station WNEU (channel 60), as well as regional cable news channel New England Cable News (NECN) and regional sports network NB… The following month, ZGS filed a request to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to upgrade the station to a digital signal. Its analog-era tower was located on the Rivier University campus between two above-ground reservoirs and Brassard Hall, with studios located in Memorial Hall on the same campus. [27], On January 7, 2016, Valari Staab, president of NBC Owned Television Stations, confirmed that NBC had declined to renew its affiliation with WHDH beyond the end of 2016, and would launch NBC Boston on January 1, 2017, Staab explained that with NBC's recent investments into the studio facilities of NECN and WNEU, "we have built a very strong news organization in the Boston market both from a personnel and facilities perspective—which puts us in a great position to launch an NBC-owned station locally." [4][5] Telemundo sold W32AY to ZGS Communications in 2001. [10] The deal was completed January 3, 2012;[11] in the meantime, Binnie would also acquire WBIN-TV (channel 50, now WWJE-DT) in Derry. The service was designed to promote the switch and assist viewers in locating NBC Boston's over-the-air channels, it featured NBC Boston's future syndicated programming, programs from Cozi TV, and newscasts simulcast from NECN. On December 31, 2017, in conjunction with its First Night coverage, WBTS-LD introduced a new logo and brand designation as NBC 10 Boston, to indicate its channel number on most area cable TV providers,[54] although the nearby Providence, Rhode Island NBC affiliate WJAR, which has broadcast as channel 10 since 1953, also uses the brand designation "NBC 10". WMFP sold its frequency rights as part of the FCC's 2017 spectrum auction;[55] in the auction, the station indicated that it would continue operations through a channel sharing agreement. ET on January 1, 2017, making WBTS the third station in Boston to carry NBC after WBZ-TV (channel 4) and WHDH. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. [18][19] It again suspended operations on April 9, but returned to the air on March 14, 2012. For the low-power station that formerly held the WBTS call letters, see, Television station in Massachusetts, United States, For further details on the creation of NBC Boston, see, Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, list of foreign television channels authorized for distribution in Canada, Channel 15 virtual TV stations in the United States, Channel 10 branded TV stations in the United States, Channel 32 digital TV stations in the United States, Channel 32 low-power TV stations in the United States, "NBC's New Boston O&O, WBTS, Sets Lineup", "NBCUniversal Gambles in Beantown With NBC Boston Launch", "WYCN tv13 Nashua Studio (Google Maps pinpoint provided by former ownership)", "Local station is losing out to shopping channel", "Operators of station may shut down business", "Company plans channel shuffle to preserve local station", "Cable carrier to shut off service to most towns outside of Nashua as of July 1", "Binnie buy to lead to something bigger for the Granite State? [56] In August 2017, WMFP entered into a channel sharing agreement with WWDP, whose signal does not cover the entire market (and is marginal in Boston proper) due to its VHF channel, short transmitter tower height and location 25 miles (40 km) south of Boston.

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