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
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.
(*) – indicates a network owned-and-operated station.
- 2 WGBH-TV Boston ( PBS)
- 4 WBZ-TV Boston ( CBS)*
- 5 WCVB-TV Boston ( ABC)
- 7 WHDH Boston ( Independent)
- 15 WBTS-CD Nashua, NH ( NBC)*
- 24 WFXZ-CD Boston ( Biz TV)
- 25 WFXT Boston ( Fox)
- 27 WUTF-TV Worcester ( UniMás)
- 38 WSBK-TV Boston ( Independent)
- 44 WGBX-TV Boston ( PBS)
- 46 WWDP Norwell ( Shop LC)
- 48 WYDN Lowell ( Daystar)*
- 50 WWJE-DT Derry, NH ( True Crime Network)
- 56 WLVI Cambridge ( The CW)
- 58 WDPX-TV Woburn ( Court TV)*
- 60 WNEU Merrimack, NH ( Telemundo)*
- 62 WMFP Foxborough ( SonLife)
- 66 WUNI Marlborough ( Univision)*
- 68 WBPX-TV Boston ( Ion Television)*
Cable channels
- 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. (*) – indicates a non-commercial radio station.
AM
- 590 WEZE Boston ( Christian)
- 680 WRKO Boston ( Conservative talk)
- 740 WJIB Cambridge ( Adult standards/ oldies)*
- 800 WNNW Lawrence ( Tropical)
- 850 WEEI Boston ( Sports/ ESPN)
- 890 WAMG Dedham ( Tropical)
- 950 WROL Boston ( Christian)
- 980 WCAP Lowell ( Full-service/ talk/ oldies)
- 1030 WBZ Boston ( All-news/ talk)
- 1060 WQOM Natick ( Catholic/ EWTN)*
- 1090 WILD Boston ( Christian)
- 1120 WBNW Concord ( Financial talk)
- 1150 WWDJ Boston ( Relevant Radio)*
- 1200 WXKS Newton ( Conservative talk)
- 1230 WESX Nahant ( Christian/ ethnic)
- 1260 WBIX Boston ( Brazilian-Portuguese Christian)*
- 1300 WJDA Quincy ( Reggaeton)
- 1330 WRCA Watertown ( Bloomberg)
- 1360 WLYN Lynn ( Brokered/ ethnic)
- 1390 WPLM Plymouth ( Soft AC–WPLM-FM)
- 1400 WLLH Lowell ( Tropical)
- 1430 WKOX Everett ( Spanish Christian)
- 1450 WNBP Newburyport ( Bloomberg–WRCA)
- 1460 WBMS Brockton ( Adult contemporary)
- 1470 WAZN Watertown ( Chinese)
- 1490 WCCM Haverhill ( Spanish CHR)
- 1510 WMEX Quincy ( Oldies/ MeTV FM)
- 1530 WVBF Middleborough Center ( Talk/ RRS)
- 1550 WNTN Cambridge ( Community/ ethnic)
- 1570 WUBG Methuen ( Spanish CHR)
- 1600 WUNR Brookline ( Ethnic)
FM
- 88.1 WMBR Cambridge ( Campus/ free-form– MIT)*
- 88.3 WBMT Boxford ( Campus/ AOR)*
- 88.3 WIQH Concord ( Campus/ active rock– Concord-Carlisle HS)*
- 88.5 WWRN Rockport ( RenewFM)*
- 88.9 WERS Boston ( Campus/ free-form– Emerson)*
- 89.1 WHAB Acton ( Campus– Acton-Boxborough Regional HS)*
- 89.7 WGBH Boston ( NPR)*
- 90.3 WZBC Newton ( Campus/ free-form– Boston College)*
- 90.9 WBUR-FM Boston ( NPR)*
- 91.5 WMFO Medford ( Campus/ free-form– Tufts)*
- 91.5 WMLN-FM Milton ( Campus/ free-form– Curry)*
- 91.5 WUML Lowell ( Campus– UMass Lowell)*
- 91.5 WUMZ Gloucester (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
- 91.5 WZLY Wellesley ( Campus/ free-form– Wellesley)*
- 91.7 WAVM Maynard ( Campus– Maynard HS)*
- 91.7 WMWM Salem ( Campus– Salem State)*
- 91.7 WNEF Newburyport (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
- 91.7 WUMT Marshfield (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
- 91.7 WUMG Stow (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
- 91.9 WUMB-FM Boston ( Americana/ roots-folk/ blues– UMass Boston)*
- 92.5 WXRV Andover ( Adult album alternative)
- 92.9 WBOS Brookline ( Classic rock)
- 93.7 WEEI-FM Lawrence ( Sports/ CBS)
- 94.5 WJMN Boston ( Mainstream urban)
- 95.3 WHRB Cambridge ( Classical/ campus/ variety– Harvard)*
- 95.9 WATD-FM Marshfield ( Adult contemporary)
- 96.9 WBQT Boston ( Rhythmic hot AC)
- 97.7 WZRM Brockton ( Spanish hits)
- 98.5 WBZ-FM Boston ( Sports/ Fox/ MNCTV)
- 99.1 WPLM-FM Plymouth ( Soft AC)
- 99.5 WCRB Lowell ( Classical)*
- 99.9 WHHB Holliston ( Campus/ variety– Holliston HS)*
- 100.1 WBRS Waltham ( Campus/ variety– Brandeis)*
- 100.7 WZLX Boston ( Classic rock)
- 101.7 WBWL Lynn ( Country)
- 102.5 WKLB-FM Waltham ( Country)
- 103.3 WBGB Boston ( Adult hits)
- 104.1 WWBX Boston ( Hot AC)
- 104.5 WXLO Fitchburg ( Hot AC)
- 104.9 WNKC Gloucester ( K-Love)*
- 104.9 WRBB Boston ( Campus/ free-form– Northeastern)*
- 105.7 WROR-FM Framingham ( Classic hits)
- 106.7 WMJX Boston ( Adult contemporary)
- 107.3 WKVB Westborough ( K-Love)*
- 107.9 WXKS-FM Medford ( Contemporary hits)
Part 15
- WTBU— Boston University (640 AM and 89.3 FM, campus-only)
Silent
Newspapers
Daily
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
- 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 [9]
- Charlestown Patriot-Bridge
- Dorchester Reporter [10]
- East Boston Sun Transcript
- Fenway News
- Hyde Park Tribune
- Jamaica Plain Gazette [11]
- Mattapan Reporter
- Mission Hill Gazette
- South End News
- West Roxbury Transcript
Inner suburbs
- Arlington Advocate
- Belmont Citizen-Herald
- Brookline TAB
- Cambridge Chronicle & TAB [12]
- Cambridge Day [13]
- 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 weekly, online daily
- The Hub, Emmanuel College, online
- The Huntington News, Northeastern University, weekly
- The Mass Media, University of Massachusetts Boston, weekly
- The Simmons Voice, Simmons College, weekly
- The Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University, weekly
- The Suffolk Voice, Suffolk University, online daily
- The Summit, Stonehill College
- The Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, weekly
- The Tufts Daily, Tufts University, daily
- The 1851 Chronicle, Lasell University, monthly
Wire Services
- Associated Press Boston bureau
- State House News Service, a local news wire covering Massachusetts state government [14]
Others
- Barstool Sports [15]
- Big Red & Shiny, online contemporary arts magazine with coverage and arts criticism for Greater Boston and New England [16]
- Boston Art Review, a print and online magazine on contemporary art in Boston [17]
- Boston Common Magazine
- The Boston Independent Media Center, provides alternative views [18]
- Boston Live Magazine, live music and entertainment
- Boston Magazine, a monthly lifestyles magazine [19]
- Boston Review, a national political and arts magazine
- Boston Spirit Magazine, gay and lesbian life and style magazine, for Greater Boston and New England [20]
- 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 [21]
- STAT, an online publication covering health and life sciences, owned by The Boston Globe [22]
See also
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Massachusetts media
- Media of cities in Massachusetts: Fall River, MA/Providence, RI, Springfield, Worcester
References
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory: Massachusetts: Boston". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
- ^ Boston Globe online
- ^ Boston Herald online
- ^ MLSHomeFinder
- ^ Boston For Rent
- ^ The Rainbow Times
- ^ Allston-Brighton TAB
- ^ Boston Sun online
- ^ Beacon Hill Times
- ^ Dorchester Reporter
- ^ The Jamaica Plain Gazette
- ^ Cambridge Chronicle & TAB online
- ^ Cambridge Day online
- ^ "About Us". statehousenews.com. State House News Service. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ Barstool Sports
- ^ Big Red & Shiny
- ^ Boston Art Review
- ^ Boston Independent Media Center
- ^ Boston magazine online
- ^ Boston Spirit Magazine online
- ^ NewBostonPost
- ^ "With a giant staff for an online startup, The Boston Globe's Stat aims to reach a global audience". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2017-04-07.