Media in Boston

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 stations[]

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, Network owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in bold.

Channel	Callsign	Affiliation	Branding	Subchannels		Owner
(Virtual)				Channel	Programming
2.1	WGBH-TV	PBS	GBH/GBH 2	2.2	World	WGBH Educational Foundation
4.1	WBZ-TV	CBS	WBZ Channel 4	4.2 4.3	Start TV Dabl	ViacomCBS
5.1	WCVB-TV	ABC	WCVB Channel 5	5.2	MeTV	Hearst Television
7.1	WHDH	Independent	7/WHDH Channel 7	7.2	This TV	Sunbeam Television
15.1	WBTS-CD	NBC	NBC 10 Boston	15.2	Cozi TV	NBC Universal
24.1	WFXZ-CD	Biz TV	WFXZ 24			WGBH Educational Foundation
25.1	WFXT	FOX	Boston 25	25.2 25.3	Court TV Mystery Laff	Cox Media Group
27.1	WUTF-TV	UniMás	UniMás Boston	27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5	LATV TBD Stadium Court TV	Entravision Communications
38.1	WSBK-TV	MyNetworkTV	My TV 38	38.2 38.3 38.4	Heroes & Icons Comet Charge!	ViacomCBS
44.1	WGBX-TV	PBS	GBH 44	44.3 44.4	Create PBS Kids	WGBH Educational Foundation
46.1	WWDP	Shop LC	WWDP Television	46.2	ShopHQ	WRNN-TV Associates
48.1	WYDN	Daystar	Daystar			Educational Public Television Corporation
50.1	WWJE-DT	Justice	Justice Network			Univision Communications
56.1	WLVI	CW	CW 56	56.2	Buzzr	Sunbeam Television
58.1	WDPX-TV	Court TV	Court TV			ION Media Networks
60.1	WNEU	Telemundo	Telemundo Boston	60.2	TeleXitos	NBC Universal
62.1	WMFP	SonLife	SBN			NRJ TV LLC
66.1	WUNI	Univision	Univision Boston	66.2 66.3 66.4	Bounce TV GetTV Grit	Univision Communications
68.1	WBPX-TV	Ion	Ion Television	68.2 68.4 68.5 68.6	Court TV Mystery Bounce TV Defy TV TrueReal	ION Media Networks

Local cable channels[]

Local cable channels
Comcast is the main cable television provider, it also competes against RCN in select parts of the city.

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

Radio[]

The Boston radio market is the tenth largest in the country, encompassing over 4 million people in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties.

AM radio[]

Frequency (kHz)	Call Sign	Format
590	WEZE	Religious programming
640	WTBU	Boston University Info. Online & campus only.
680	WRKO	Talk
740	WJIB	Adult standards and pop oldies
800	WNNW	Spanish tropical
850	WEEI	Sports
950	WROL	Paid programming
1030	WBZ	News/talk
1060	WQOM	Religious programming
1090	WILD	Ethnic (Chinese)
1120	WBNW	Finance
1150	WWDJ	Religious programming (Relevant Radio)
1200	WXKS	Talk
1260	WBIX	Ethnic (Brazilian/Portuguese)
1300	WJDA	Religious programming
1330	WRCA	Business news
1360	WLYN	Paid programming
1410	WZBR	Urban contemporary
1430	WKOX	Spanish Christian
1470	WAZN	Paid programming
1510	WMEX	Oldies
1550	WNTN	Community-based
1570	WUBG	Contemporary Christian (K-Love)
1600	WUNR	Paid programming
1650	N/A	Logan Int'l Airport Info. Vicinity of airport only.

FM radio[]

Frequency (MHz)	Call Sign	Format (Promotional Slogan)
88.1	WMBR	Freeform/eclectic (MIT) (Walker Memorial Basement Radio)
88.9	WERS	Eclectic (Emerson College)
89.7	WGBH	Boston's Local NPR (Public/News/Talk)
90.3	WZBC	Freeform radio/Democracy Now! (Boston College)
90.9	WBUR-FM	NPR (Public/News/Talk) (Boston University)
91.5	WMFO	College radio/Freeform (Tufts University)
91.9	WUMB-FM	Public/Folk (UMass Boston)
92.5	WXRV	Adult album alternative
92.9	WBOS	Classic rock
93.7	WEEI-FM	Sports
94.5	WJMN	Mainstream urban (Jam'n 94-5)
95.3	WHRB	Classical and variety (Harvard University)
96.9	WBQT	Rhythmic hot AC/classic hip hop/rhythmic contemporary hybrid (Hot 96.9)
97.7	WZRM	Spanish hits (Rumba 97.7)
98.5	WBZ-FM	Sports talk (98.5 The Sports Hub)
99.5	WCRB	Classical (Classical Radio Boston)
100.7	WZLX	Classic rock (Boston's Classic Rock)
101.3	WJIB simulcast	Adult standards and pop oldies
101.7	WBWL	Country (101.7 The Bull)
102.5	WKLB-FM	Country (Country 102.5)
103.3	WBGB	Adult hits (Big 103)
104.1	WWBX	Hot adult contemporary (Mix 104.1)
104.9	WRBB	(Northeastern University)
105.7	WROR-FM	Classic hits
106.1	WRCA simulcast	Business news (Bloomberg Radio 106.1)
106.7	WMJX	Adult contemporary (Magic 106.7)
107.3	WKVB	Contemporary Christian (K-Love)
107.9	WXKS-FM	Top 40/CHR (Kiss 108)

Print[]

Newspapers[]

^[1]

Daily[]

• The Boston Globe^[2]
• The Boston Herald^[3]
• The Boston Metro, 5 days a week, 49% owned by the Boston Globe

Weekly[]

• 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
• DigBoston
• The Jewish Advocate
• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
• The Pilot, Catholic weekly
• La Semana, Spanish weekly

Bi-weekly and monthly[]

• 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[]

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

Inner suburbs:

• Arlington Advocate
• Belmont Citizen-Herald
• Brookline TAB
• Cambridge Chronicle & TAB^[11]
• Cambridge Day^[12]
• Newton TAB
• Somerville Journal
• Watertown TAB
• "The Patriot Ledger"

Outer suburbs:

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

College newspapers[]

• The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, weekly
• 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 twice-weekly
• The Hub, Emmanuel College, online
• The Huntington News, Northeastern University, weekly
• The Mass Media, University of Massachusetts Boston, weekly
• , Simmons College, weekly
• The Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University, weekly
• , Suffolk University, online daily
• The Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, weekly
• The Tufts Daily, Tufts University, daily
• , Lasell University, monthly

Wire Services[]

• Associated Press Boston bureau
• State House News Service, a local news wire covering Massachusetts state government^[13]

Others[]

• Barstool Sports^[14]
• , online contemporary arts magazine with coverage and arts criticism for Greater Boston and New England^[15]
• , a print and online magazine committed to facilitating active discourse around contemporary art in Boston^[16]
• The Boston Independent Media Center, provides alternative views^[17]
• , live music and entertainment
• Boston Magazine, a monthly lifestyles magazine^[18]
• Boston Review, a national political and arts magazine
• , full color, glossy luxury gay and lesbian life and style magazine, for Greater Boston and New England^[19]
• 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^[20]
• STAT, an online publication covering health and life sciences, owned by The Boston Globe^[21]

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• FCC TV Channel Guide
• Boston Media List
• Boston Newspaper List
• EDGE Boston - gay and lesbian online news and entertainment
• Newspapers in Massachusetts
• Boston, MA on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)