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WCVB-TV (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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WCVB-TV (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

Biography"WCVB-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 33), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of New York City-based Hearst Communications. WCVB-TV's studios are located on TV Place (..). ts transmitter is located on Cedar Street, also in Needham (...). The original WHDH-TV signed off for the last time on March 18, 1972, and was replaced by the new WCVB-TV early the next morning. Until 2005, when the Boston Red Sox were involved in post-season action, WCVB simulcast those games from ESPN (MLB divisional playoff games have since moved to TBS); WCVB also aired select Red Sox games through ABC's MLB broadcast contract from 1976 to 1989." -- Wikipedia