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Overview
In the Boston, MA (Manchester, NH) TV market, WBZ-TV is the CBS station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts.
On screen it is channel 4, though WBZ-TV actually transmits on RF channel 20. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan. It is among the stations broadcasting in ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) as well.
The FCC license is held by CBS Television Licenses LLC. It first signed on in 1948. The current call sign has been in place since August 1978.
The studio address on file with the FCC is 1170 Soldiers Field Rd., Boston, MA 02134. Its website is www.boston.cbslocal.com.
Among the core children's programs WBZ-TV reported to the FCC for 2025: Hope in the Wild, Henry Ford's Innovation Nation and Extraordinary World with Jeff Corwin.
Station facts
- Call sign
- WBZ-TV
- Network
- CBS
- Virtual channel
- 4
- RF channel
- 20
- City of license
- Boston, Massachusetts
- TV market
- Boston, MA (Manchester, NH)
- Licensee
- CBS Television Licenses LLC
- On the air since
- 1948
- Call sign since
- August 1978
- Studio address
- 1170 Soldiers Field Rd., Boston, MA 02134
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 25456
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.boston.cbslocal.com
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WBZ-TV at a glance
- Network
- CBS
- Channel
- 4 (RF 20)
- Licensed to
- Boston, MA
- TV market
- Boston, MA (Manchester, NH)
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