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 (Classic rock)
- 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 (Bloomberg)
- 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]Newspapers
[edit]Daily
[edit]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, online daily
- 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]- ^ "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.