This is the Boston section of 
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 2/26/08

Boston is certainly one of the "Cradles" of broadcasting. 1XE, (WGI), 1ZE and, yes, WBZ. Currently ranked #10 in market size, Boston has long been a city of innovative radio. There are a lot of good stories about Boston Radio.

We invite you to visit, enjoy, even share some history with us.

A Boston Radio history timeline - by Donna Halper

Some history from Quincy, MA - by Donna Halper

Boston 1921:
AM

833 WBZ Springfield 100 W Variety Westinghouse, Inc.
855 1XE Medford Hillside 100 W Variety American Radio & Research
1200 1ZE New Bedford 100 W Variety Irving Vermilya

Boston 1938:

580 WTAG Worcester 1,000  W   Worcester Telegram and Gazette
590 WEEI Boston 5,000 W CBS CBS
680 WLAW Lawrence 1,000 W  . Hildreth & Rogers/Eagle Tribune
830 WHDH Boston 1,000 W   (Ralph) Matheson Radio Co.
920 WORL Boston 500 W - Days    
990 WBZ Boston 50,000 W NBC Blue Westinghouse, Inc
990 WBZA Springfield 1,000 W NBC Blue Westinghouse, Inc.
1120 WCOP Boston 500 W - Days   Mass. Broadcasting Corp
1230 WNAC Boston 5,000 W NBC Red/Yankee/Mutual. Yankee Network (John Shepard)
1280 WORC Worcester 500 W. CBS A.F. Kleindienst
1310 WNBH New Bedford 250/100 W Yankee/Colonial/Mutual Earl Anthony and Sons
1370 WLLH Lowell 250/100 W Yankee/Colonial Merrimac Broadcasting (Al Moffat)
1410 WAAB Boston 1,000/500 W Mutual/Colonial Yankee Network (John Shepard)
1500 WMEX Boston 250/100 W   Northern Corp (Al & Bill Pote)

  Boston 2008:
AM

Calls/locality kHz   Power (Watts) # Towers mode format Owner
WTAG, Worcester 580   1000        
WEZE Boston 590   5000 2 DA-1 Religious Salem
WRKO Boston 680   50000 3D 3N DA-2 News/Talk Entercom
WCRN Worcester 830   50000 2D 3N DA-2 News/Talk  
WEEI Boston 850   50000 3D 3N DA-1 Sports Entercom
WAMG Dedham 890   25000 D 6000 N 5D 5N DA-2 Sports  
WORL Boston 950   5000D 9N 1 NDA Religious Carter Broadcasting
WBZ Boston 1030   50000 2 DA-1 News Day CBS
WBIX Natick 1060   40/22/2.5 kW 2D 5CH 2N DA-3 Business  
WILD Boston 1090   4800D 1900CH 1 NDA Urban Radio One
WBNW Concord 1120   5000D 1000N 4D 3N DA-2 Business  
WTTT Boston 1150   5000 3D 3N DA-2 Talk Mega Communications
WKOX Boston 1200   50000 3D 3N DA-2 Spanish  
WMKI Boston 1260   5000 1D 3N DA-N Disney Disney/ABC
WRCA Watertown 1330   25000D 17000N 5D 4N DA-2 Ethnic  
WXKS Everett 1430   5000D 1000N 1D 2N DA-N Spanish Clear Channel Communications
WAZN Watertown 1470   1400D 3400 N 3D 3N DA-2 Spanish  
WWZN Boston 1510   50000 2D 4CH  2N  DA-3

Sports and Brokered

 Paul Allen/Sporting News
WNTN Newton 1550   10000D 1 NDA Leased  
WNSH Beverly 1570   30000D 85N 1 NDA Female talk  
WUNR Brookline 1600   20000 5D 5N DA-1 Ethnic Champion Broadcasting

FM 2008:

CALLS-Locality MHz ERP watts HAAT meters Format HD2                 Owner
WMBR Cambridge 88.1 720 90 College   MIT
WERS Boston 88.9 4000 186 College   Emerson
WGBH Boston 89.7 100000 B 198 Public Classical  
WZBC Newton 90.3 1000 67 College   BC
WBUR Boston 90.9 12500 305 Public   BU
WUMB Boston 91.9 660 63 College/Folk   UMASS
WXRV Andover 92.5 25000 217 AAA    
WBOS Brookline 92.9 18500 224 AAA Radio you Greater Media
WMKK Lawrence 93.7 34000 179 Adult hits Rhymic AC Entercom
WJMN Boston 94.5 9200 353 Hip Hop Classic Dance Clear Channel
WHRB Cambridge 95.3 1700 186 Variety   Harvard
WTKK Boston 96.9 22500 224 Talk Irish music Greater Media
WKAF Brockton 97.7 1700 173 //WAAF   Entercom
WBMX Boston 98.5 9000 341 Hot AC   CBS
WPLM Plymouth 99.1 50000 131 AC    
WCRB Lowell 99.5 27000 199 Classical   Nassau
WZLX Boston 100.7 21500 235 Classic Rock Deep cuts CR CBS
WFNX Lynn 101.7 1700 191 Modern Rock    
WKLB Waltham 102.5 8100 351 Country   Greater Media
WODS Boston 103.3 16000 270 classic Hits   CBS
WBCN Boston 104.1 21000 235 Rock/Patriots Indie/new rock CBS
WROR Framingham 105.7 23000 224 Classic Hits 70's Greater Media
WMJX Boston 106.7 21500 235 AC   Greater Media
WAAF Westborough 107.3 CP 9600 335 Rock    Entercom
WXKS Medford 107.9 20500 235 Top 40   Clear Channel
           
Note:  B: beam tilt ERP            

 


Boston Television

Analog

Digital/HDTV

2

 WGBH

4

 WBZ

5

 WCVB
7 WHDH
25 WFXT

44

 WGBX

56

 WLVI

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