WBZ-TV

WBZ-TV

Boston, Massachusetts United States
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 4
Branding	WBZ; WBZ News / CBS News Boston
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels[1]
Ownership
Owner	CBS News and Stations (CBS Television Licenses LLC)
Sister stations	WSBK-TV
History
First air date	June 9, 1948 (76 years ago) (1948-06-09)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1948–2009) Digital: 30 (UHF, 1999–2019)
Former affiliations	NBC (1948–1995) DuMont (secondary, 1948–1953)
Call sign meaning	Taken from WBZ radio
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25456
ERP	922 kW 1,000 kW (application)
HAAT	388.3 m (1,274 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°18′37″N 71°14′12″W / 42.31028°N 71.23667°W / 42.31028; -71.23667
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.cbsnews.com/boston/

WBZ-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, serving as the market's CBS outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent WSBK-TV (channel 38). Both stations share studios on Soldiers Field Road in the Allston–Brighton section of Boston. WBZ-TV's transmitter is located on Cedar Street in Needham, Massachusetts, on a tower site that was formerly owned by CBS and is now owned by American Tower Corporation (which is shared with transmitters belonging to sister station WSBK as well as WCVB-TV, WBTS-CD and WGBX-TV).