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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Radio[edit]

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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• WTBU—Boston University (640 AM and 89.3 FM, campus-only)

Silent[edit]

• 1410 WZBR Dedham

Print[edit]

Newspapers[edit]

^[1]

Daily[edit]

• The Boston Globe^[2]
• The Boston Herald^[3]

Weekly[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

College newspapers[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Associated Press Boston bureau
• State House News Service, a local news wire covering Massachusetts state government^[14]

Others[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• FCC TV Channel Guide
• Boston Media List
• Boston Newspaper List
• Newspapers in Massachusetts
• Boston, MA on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)