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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|450.0375||R||146.2||WBZ F-1 Desk||2022.04.22 W1KNE
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|450.0375||R||C03||SL:1 TG:103 - WBZ F-1 Desk||2025.01.22 ecps92
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|-align="center"
 
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|450.0375||R||C03||SL:? TG? - WBZ F-1 Desk||2022.04.23 ecps92
 
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|450.3500||S||146.2||IFB (Out of service. CWID Only)||2021.08.04 W1KNE
 
|450.3500||S||146.2||IFB (Out of service. CWID Only)||2021.08.04 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
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|450.5375||S||C03||SL:1 TG:103 - CBS 4 ENG||2022.12.21 BFrederi
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|450.5375||R||C03||SL:1 TG:103 - CBS 4 ENG||2025.01.23 ecps92
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|450.5375||S||146.2||CBS 4 ENG||2023.04.19 W1KNE
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|450.5375||R||146.2||CBS 4 ENG Receive (Helicopter)||2024.02.19 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|450.0375||S||146.2||Direct 1||2019.02.11 N1BHH
 
|450.0375||S||146.2||Direct 1||2019.02.11 N1BHH
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|455.1875||S||146.2||Cueing||
 
|455.1875||S||146.2||Cueing||
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|-align="center"
 
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||455.0875||S||167.9||ENG Operations||2023.01.02 W1KNE
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||455.0875||S||167.9||Ch. 01 - Radio IFB Backup/ENG||2024.02.05 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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||450.4125||R||103.5||Helicopter Comms||2024.01.30 W1KNE
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||450.4125||R||103.5||Ch. 04 - Helicopter Comms||2024.01.30 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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||450.2875||R||110.9||News Ops||2023.01.02 W1KNE
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||450.2875||R||110.9||Ch. 05 - News Ops||2025.04.21 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
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||455.5125||S||167.9||Radio IFB||2023.01.02 W1KNE
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||455.5125||S||167.9||Ch. 03 - Radio IFB||2024.02.05 W1KNE
 
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*[https://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProFacLookup.php?sCurrentService=TV&tabSearchType=Call&calls=WHDH Primary Broadcast Facility Information]
 
*[https://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProFacLookup.php?sCurrentService=TV&tabSearchType=Call&calls=WHDH Primary Broadcast Facility Information]
 
*Website: https://www.whdh.com/
 
*Website: https://www.whdh.com/
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*Studios located at Goverment Center in Boston
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*Studios located at Government Center in Boston
 
*Sister station of CW56 WLVI.
 
*Sister station of CW56 WLVI.
 
<strong>Radio Information</strong>
 
<strong>Radio Information</strong>
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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||450.6125||||136.5||WHDH 7 F-1||2015.05.05 N1BHH
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||450.6125||R||136.5||F1 - News Operations||2025.04.21 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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||450.0875||||136.5||Engineering||2015.05.05 N1BHH
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||450.0875||R||136.5||Engineering||2024.02.05 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
||450.2500||||77.0||Former 56 News (WLVI-TV) OPS - Unknown use now.||
 
||450.2500||||77.0||Former 56 News (WLVI-TV) OPS - Unknown use now.||
 
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||450.5125||R||136.5||Helicopter Comms||2023.04.18 W1KNE
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||450.5125||R||136.5||F3 - Helicopter Comms||2024.02.05 W1KNE
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*Website: https://www.boston25news.com/
 
*Website: https://www.boston25news.com/
 
*Studios located in Dedham
 
*Studios located in Dedham
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*WFXT no longer uses a helicopter.
 
<strong>Radio Information</strong>
 
<strong>Radio Information</strong>
 
{{Prettytable}}
 
{{Prettytable}}
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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||450.1375||R||D023||WFXT 25 Helicopter Ops F1/F3(Simplex)||2019.02.11 N1BHH
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||450.1375||R||D023||WFXT 25 Helicopter Ops F1/F3 (Simplex)||2019.02.11 N1BHH
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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||450.1625||R||D143||WFXT 25 News Operations F2/F4(Simplex)||2019.02.11
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||450.1625||R||D143||WFXT 25 News Operations F2/F4 (Simplex)||2019.02.11 N1BHH
 
|-align="center"
 
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||464.5000||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Security Primary? F13||2021.01.22 W1KNE
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||464.5000||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Security F13||2024.02.02 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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||464.5500||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Security Primary F14||2019.01.06 W1KNE
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||464.5500||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Security F14||2019.01.06 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
||469.5000||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Engineering F15||2017.08.18
 
||469.5000||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Engineering F15||2017.08.18
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
||469.5500||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Studio Use F16||2017.08.18
 
||469.5500||S||203.5||WFXT 25 Studio Use F16||2017.08.18
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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||451.9375||S||131.8||NBC BOS IFB||2023.01.02 W1KNE
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||451.9375||S||131.8||NBC BOS IFB||2025.01.03 W1KNE
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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||456.9375||S||131.8||Helicopter Comms||2023.04.20 W1KNE
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||456.9375||S||131.8||Helicopter Comms||2024.02.19 W1KNE
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|-align="center"
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||450.6500||R||67.0||WBZ-AM 1030 Traffic||2024.01.09 ecps92
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||450.6500||R||67.0||WBZ-AM 1030 Traffic||2025.02.12 ecps92
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|-align="center"
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||450.1125||R||141.3||Total Traffic Helicopter Coordination||2022.01.28 ecps92
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||450.1125||R||141.3||Total Traffic Helicopter Coordination||2025.02.12 ecps92
 
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||450.9500||S||127.3||WWLP Engineering||
 
||450.9500||S||127.3||WWLP Engineering||
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||450.4375||R||110.9||News Operations||
 
||450.4375||R||110.9||News Operations||
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{{prettytable}}
 
{{prettytable}}
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
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|472.1125||R||136.5||BYT Ch.01 ||Boston||2024.01.13 W1KNE
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|472.1125||R||N606||BYT Ch.01 (Primary Mode)||Boston||2024.11.13 ecps92
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|472.1125||R||N606||Dual Mode until at least 4/1/2024 ||Boston||2023.04.01 GaryS
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|472.1125||R||136.5||Dual Mode thru Fall 2024 - BYT Ch.01 ||Boston||2024.11.13 ecps92
 
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{{prettytable}}
 
{{prettytable}}
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
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|472.9625||R||123.0||Citywide-1||Boston||2023.08.01 pdurf
 
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|472.9625||R||123.0||Citywide-1||Boston||2025.07.12 pdurf
 
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==Metro Radio System (MRS)==
 
==Metro Radio System (MRS)==
 
{{prettytable}}
 
{{prettytable}}
 
|-align="center"
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
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|463.8500||R||151.4||MRS Ch.1||Quincy||2022.11.20 N1ZYY
 
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|463.8500||R||151.4||MRS Ch.1||Quincy||2024.06.23 W1KNE
 
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Location'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|464.2000||R||N100||Woburn Ch.1||Woburn||2019.04.01 ecps92
 
|464.2000||R||N100||Woburn Ch.1||Woburn||2019.04.01 ecps92
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|464.2000||R||100.0||Woburn Ch.1||Woburn||2015.03.07 ecps92
 
|464.2000||R||100.0||Woburn Ch.1||Woburn||2015.03.07 ecps92
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|461.1000||R||Unknown||CapeWide F-1||
 
|461.1000||R||Unknown||CapeWide F-1||
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{{prettytable}}
 
{{prettytable}}
 
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|-align="center"
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Transmitter City'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes/Comments'''||'''Transmitter City'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
 
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|462.0250||R||82.5||MVR Ch.3||Peterboro (NH)||2023.05.08 MASSBUSMARK
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|462.0250||R||82.5||MVR Ch.3||Peterboro (NH)||2024.07.15 n1zyy
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|462.5500||R||206.5||MVR Ch.4||Lowell||2022.12.04 MASSBUSMARK
 
|462.5500||R||206.5||MVR Ch.4||Lowell||2022.12.04 MASSBUSMARK
 
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|463.5000||R||186.2||MVR Ch.?||Pelham|||2023.05.08 MASSBUSMARK
 
|463.5000||R||186.2||MVR Ch.?||Pelham|||2023.05.08 MASSBUSMARK
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*Special thanks to NECRAT/W1KNE and [https://necrat.us www.necrat.us] for the tower photos.
 

Latest revision as of 12:20, 13 July 2025

Boston Media

  • IFB - "Interruptable Fold Back". An audio device that is in the ear of the reporter/anchor/camera person, that usually contains program audio mixed, minus their microphone, that can be interrupted by production staff at the studio or in the control vehicle. It is used so talent can get cues and information about their live remote shot.
  • Newscasts schedules can vary greatly. To see when local newscasts are airing, go to TitanTV.com.
Table of contents -

WGBH Channel 2 (PBS)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation
469.3375 S D122 Engineering 2023.03.21 W1KNE

WBZ-TV Channel 4 (CBS)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation
450.0375 R C03 SL:1 TG:103 - WBZ F-1 Desk 2025.01.22 ecps92
450.3500 S 146.2 IFB (Out of service. CWID Only) 2021.08.04 W1KNE
450.5375 R C03 SL:1 TG:103 - CBS 4 ENG 2025.01.23 ecps92
450.5375 R 146.2 CBS 4 ENG Receive (Helicopter) 2024.02.19 W1KNE
450.0375 S 146.2 Direct 1 2019.02.11 N1BHH
455.5375 S 146.2 Direct 3 / Helicopter 2019.04.15 ecps92
455.1875 S 146.2 Cueing

WCVB-TV Channel 5 (ABC)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
455.0875 S 167.9 Ch. 01 - Radio IFB Backup/ENG 2024.02.05 W1KNE
450.4125 R 103.5 Ch. 04 - Helicopter Comms 2024.01.30 W1KNE
450.2875 R 110.9 Ch. 05 - News Ops 2025.04.21 W1KNE
455.5125 S 167.9 Ch. 03 - Radio IFB 2024.02.05 W1KNE

WHDH Channel 7 (IND)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.6125 R 136.5 F1 - News Operations 2025.04.21 W1KNE
450.0875 R 136.5 Engineering 2024.02.05 W1KNE
450.2500 77.0 Former 56 News (WLVI-TV) OPS - Unknown use now.
450.5125 R 136.5 F3 - Helicopter Comms 2024.02.05 W1KNE

WFXT Channel 25 (FOX)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.1375 R D023 WFXT 25 Helicopter Ops F1/F3 (Simplex) 2019.02.11 N1BHH
450.1625 R D143 WFXT 25 News Operations F2/F4 (Simplex) 2019.02.11 N1BHH
464.5000 S 203.5 WFXT 25 Security F13 2024.02.02 W1KNE
464.5500 S 203.5 WFXT 25 Security F14 2019.01.06 W1KNE
469.5000 S 203.5 WFXT 25 Engineering F15 2017.08.18
469.5500 S 203.5 WFXT 25 Studio Use F16 2017.08.18

WBTS-CD Channel 15 (NBC)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
451.9375 S 131.8 NBC BOS IFB 2025.01.03 W1KNE
456.9375 S 131.8 Helicopter Comms 2024.02.19 W1KNE

WBZ AM 1030 / FM 107.9 HD2

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.6500 R 67.0 WBZ-AM 1030 Traffic 2025.02.12 ecps92

Total Traffic Network

  • Owned by iHeartMedia.
  • Formerly Metro Traffic/SmartRoutes/Shadow Traffic
  • Studios in the old WXKS-FM/AM studios in Medford at Wellington Station.
Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.1125 R 141.3 Total Traffic Helicopter Coordination 2025.02.12 ecps92

Springfield Media

WWLP Channel 22 (NBC)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.3125 R 127.3 WWLP Operations 2019.02.11 W1KNE
450.8500 S 127.3 WWLP Engineering
450.9500 S 127.3 WWLP Engineering

WGGB-TV Channel 40 (ABC)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.4375 R 110.9 News Operations

Manchester (NH) Media

WMUR-TV Channel 9 (ABC)

  • No Radios. Equipment and radios removed 2021


Boston Area Fire Buff Networks

Before Yellow Tape (BYT)

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Location Confirmation/Reconfirmations
472.1125 R N606 BYT Ch.01 (Primary Mode) Boston 2024.11.13 ecps92
472.1125 R 136.5 Dual Mode thru Fall 2024 - BYT Ch.01 Boston 2024.11.13 ecps92

Boston Citywide (Citywide)

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Location Confirmation/Reconfirmations
472.9625 R 123.0 Citywide-1 Boston 2025.07.12 pdurf

Metro Radio System (MRS)

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Location Confirmation/Reconfirmations
463.8500 R 151.4 MRS Ch.1 Quincy 2024.06.23 W1KNE

Middlesex Radio

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Location Confirmation/Reconfirmations
464.2000 R N100 Woburn Ch.1 Woburn 2019.04.01 ecps92
464.2000 R 100.0 Woburn Ch.1 Woburn 2015.03.07 ecps92

Outside of Boston Metro

Cape Cod City Wide

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Confirmation/Reconfirmations
461.1000 R Unknown CapeWide F-1

Merrimack Valley Radio

Frequency Type Tone Notes/Comments Transmitter City Confirmation/Reconfirmations
462.0250 R 82.5 MVR Ch.3 Peterboro (NH) 2024.07.15 n1zyy
462.5500 R 206.5 MVR Ch.4 Lowell 2022.12.04 MASSBUSMARK
463.5000 R 186.2 MVR Ch.? Pelham 2023.05.08 MASSBUSMARK
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