The Boston TV market includes all of Massachusetts from Worcester County eastward, except for Bristol County and parts of Norfolk County near the Rhode Island border (which are in the Providence market). Boston is the sixth-largest US television market by number of viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The great disparity between Boston's ranking as a radio market (#10) and its ranking as a TV market can be explained by the inclusion of most of New Hampshire, which for other media is considered a separate market. In the Archives, we list the New Hampshire stations separately to avoid cluttering this listing with stations that do not truly serve Boston.
Related radio market: Boston
Adjoining markets: Hartford/New Haven; Providence; Southern New Hampshire; Springfield
| Chan. | Callsign | City | Status | ERP | Pol. | HAAT | DA | BT | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *2+ | WGBH-TV | Boston | LIC | 72.4 kW | H | 335 m | - | * | PBS |
| 4- | WBZ-TV | Boston | LIC | 60.3 kW | C | 353 m | - | - | CBS |
| 5- | WCVB-TV | Boston | LIC | 61.7 kW | C | 353 m | - | - | ABC |
| 7+ | WHDH-TV | Boston | LIC | 316.0 kW | H | 306 m | - | - | NBC |
| 18@ | WMFP-DT | Lawrence | APP | 1000.0 kW | H | 390 m | * | * | to be // WMFP |
| *19@ | WGBH-DT | Boston | CP | 700.0 kW | H | 374 m | - | - |
[2-1] // WGBH-TV
[2-2] PBS DTV demo loop |
| 20@ | WCVB-DT | Boston | LIC | 625.0 kW | H | 390 m | - | - | [5-1] // WCVB-TV |
| 23@ | WUTF-DT | Marlborough | STA | 47.9 kW | H | 334 m | * | * | [23-1] // WUTF |
| Marlborough | CP | 100.0 kW | H | 332 m | * | * | |||
| Marlborough | APP | 100.0 kW | H | 334 m | * | - | |||
| 25+ | WFXT | Boston | LIC | 1950.0 kW | H | 357 m | * | * | Fox |
| 27= | WUNI | Worcester | LIC | 1150.0 kW | H | 466 m | - | - | Univision |
| 29@ | WUNI-DT | Worcester | CP | 200.0 kW | H | 453 m | - | - | to be // WUNI |
| 30@ | WBZ-DT | Boston | LIC | 725.0 kW | H | 390 m | - | - | [4-1] // WBZ-TV |
| 31@ | WFXT-DT | Boston | LIC | 78.0 kW | H | 330 m | * | * | [25-1] // WFXT |
| Boston | APP | 1000.0 kW | E | 341 m | * | - | |||
| 32@ | WBPX-DT | Boston | APP | 300.0 kW | H | 292 m | * | * | to be // WBPX |
| 38= | WSBK-TV | Boston | LIC | 2340.0 kW | H | 354 m | - | * | UPN |
| 39@ | WSBK-DT | Boston | LIC | 135.0 kW | H | 390 m | - | * | [38-1] // WSBK-TV |
| 40@ | WDPX-DT | Vineyard Haven | APP | 300.0 kW | H | 153 m | * | - | to be // WDPX |
| 41@ | WLVI-DT | Cambridge | STA | 30.0 kW | H | 345 m | - | - | [41-1] // WLVI-TV |
| Cambridge | APP | 550.0 kW | H | 345 m | - | - | |||
| 42@ | WHDH-DT | Boston | LIC | 948.0 kW | H | 288 m | - | * | [7-1] // WHDH-TV |
| *43@ | WGBX-DT | Boston | CP | 500.0 kW | H | 391 m | - | - | to be // WGBX-TV |
| *44= | WGBX-TV | Boston | LIC | 1100.0 kW | H | 374 m | - | * | PBS |
| 46+ | WWDP | Norwell | LIC | 501.0 kW | H | 107 m | * | * | ACN |
| Norwell | APP | 1910.0 kW | H | 247 m | * | * | |||
| *47@ | WYDN-DT | Worcester | CP | 365.0 kW | H | 217 m | * | - | to be // WYDN |
| *48+ | WYDN | Worcester | LIC | 2290.0 kW | H | 246 m | * | * | Daystar |
| 52@ | WWDP-DT | Norwell | APP | 1000.0 kW | H | 144 m | - | - | to be // WWDP |
| 56= | WLVI-TV | Cambridge | LIC | 2240.0 kW | H | 360 m | * | * | WB |
| 58+ | WDPX | Vineyard Haven | LIC | 1150.0 kW | H | 155 m | * | * | // WBPX |
| Vineyard Haven | APP | 1665.0 kW | H | 153 m | * | - | |||
| 62= | WMFP | Lawrence | LIC | 5000.0 kW | H | 186 m | * | * | Shop At Home |
| 66= | WUTF | Marlborough | LIC | 3311.0 kW | H | 356 m | - | - | Telefutura |
| 68+ | WBPX | Boston | LIC | 1350.0 kW | H | 249 m | - | * | Pax |
| 32+ | Boston | APP | 700.0 kW | H | 292 m | * | * |
| Chan. | Callsign | City | Status | ERP | RCAMSL | DA | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24+ | WVXN-CA | Boston | LIC | 26.0 kW | 292 m | * | MTV2 (broadcast feed) |
| Chan. | Callsign | City | Status | ERP | RCAMSL | DA | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8- | W08CH | Hyannis | LIC | 793 W | 78 m | * | // WGBH-TV |
| 14 | LM 14 | Worcester | ALL | 0 W | - | Land Mobile | |
| 19- | WCEA-LP | Boston | LIC | 22.9 kW | 247 m | * | |
| 58= | Boston | CP | 5.0 kW | 45 m | * | ||
| 26 | WHDN-LP | Boston | CP | 8200 W | 128 m | * | ? |
| 32 | WTMU-LP | Boston | LIC | 12.5 kW | 244 m | * | Telemundo |
| 67- | Boston | APP | 48.8 kW | 242 m | * | ||
| 33= | W33BZ | Dennis | CP | 14.6 kW | 140 m | * | // WDPX |
| 33= | Dennis | APP | 14.6 kW | 140 m | * | ||
| 67 | Dennis | LIC | 14.6 kW | 140 m | * | ||
| 34+ | WCRN-LP | Leicester | LIC | 7.0 kW | 415 m | - | ? |
| 40- | W40BO | Boston | LIC | 20.0 kW | 292 m | * | was // WNEU (60 Merrimack, NH) |
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| Entravision Communications: | (2) | WUNI, WUNI-DT |
| Fox Entertainment: | (2) | WFXT, WFXT-DT |
| Hearst-Argyle Television: | (2) | WCVB-DT, WCVB-TV |
| Paxson Communications: | (6) | W33BZ, W40BO, WBPX, WBPX-DT, WDPX, WDPX-DT |
| Shop At Home, Inc.: | (1) | WMFP |
| Tribune Company: | (2) | WLVI-DT, WLVI-TV |
| Univision Communications: | (2) | WUTF, WUTF-DT |
| Viacom: | (4) | WBZ-DT, WBZ-TV, WSBK-DT, WSBK-TV |