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Revision as of 16:42, 29 December 2017
Contents
- 1 Media
- 2 New England Area Fire Buff Networks
- 2.1 Before Yellow Tape (BYT)
- 2.2 Boston Citywide (Citywide)
- 2.3 Cape Cod City Wide
- 2.4 FirePics.net
- 2.5 Fire Radio System (FRS)
- 2.6 Hartford Metro
- 2.7 Merrimack Valley Radio
- 2.8 Metro Radio System (MRS)
- 2.9 Middlesex Radio
- 2.10 Providence Citywide
- 2.11 Rhode Island Breaking News Source
- 2.12 Rhode Island Statewide
- 2.13 Southern Maine Fire Notification
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.
WBZ Channel 4 (CBS)
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information
- Web Site: http://boston.cbslocal.com/
- Studios located on Soldier's Field Road in Boston
- News broadcasts at 4:30am, 5am, 6am, 12noon, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm
- Sister stations with TV 38 WSBK-TV. (10pm Newscast.)
Radio Information
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Confirmation |
| 450.0375 | R | 146.2 | WBZ F-1 | 2016.05.22 N1BHH |
| 450.3500 | 146.2 | IFB | 2014.04.02 N1BHH | |
| 450.5375 | 146.2 | CBS 4 ENG | ||
| 450.0375 | S | 146.2 | Direct 1 | 2015.05.06 N1BHH |
| 455.5375 | 146.2 | Direct 3 | ||
| 455.1875 | 146.2 | Cueing |
WCVB Channel 5 (ABC)
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information
- Website: http://www.wcvb.com/
- Studios located at TV Place in Needham
- News broadcasts at 4:30am, 5am, 6am, 12 noon, 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm
Radio Information
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Confirmation/Reconfirmation |
| 455.0875 | S | 167.9 | Remote Broadcast | 2017.06.17 ecps92 |
| 450.4125 | 103.5 | WCVB 5 F-4 | 2016.05.05 ecps92 | |
| 455.5125 | S | 167.9 | IFB Channel | 2017.06.17 ecps92 |
| 450.2875 | R | 110.9 | Camera Coordinations | 2017.06.17 ecps92 |
WHDH Channel 7 (IND)
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information
- Website: http://www.whdh.com/
- Studios located at Goverment Center in Boston
- News broadcasts at 5am, 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm
- Sister station of CW56 WLVI. (10pm Newscast.)
Radio Information
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Confirmation/Reconfirmation |
| 450.6125 | 136.5 | WHDH 7 F-1 | 2015.05.05 N1BHH | |
| 450.0875 | 136.5 | Engineering | 2015.05.05 N1BHH | |
| 450.2500 | 77.0 | Former 56 News OPS (Parent Facility - WLVI-TV) | ||
| 450.5125 | R | 136.5 | Helicopter Comms | 2016.05.22 N1BHH |
| 455.3125 | 136.5 | Helicopter Comms | 2015.05.05 N1BHH |
WFXT Channel 25 (Boston 25)
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information
- Website: http://www.boston25news.com/
- Primary studios located in Dedham
- Weekday news broadcasts at 4am-10am, 6pm, and 10pm-11:30pm.
Radio Information
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Confirmation/Reconfirmation |
| 450.1375 | R | D023 | WFXT 25 Helicopter Ops F1/F3(Simplex) | 2017.01.13 N1BHH |
| 450.1625 | R | D143 | WFXT 25 News Operations F2/F4(Simplex) | 2017.01.13 |
| 464.5000 | S | 203.5 | WFXT 25 Security F13 | 2017.08.18 |
| 464.5500 | S | 203.5 | WFXT 25 Security F14 | 2017.08.18 |
| 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-LD/WMFP "NBC Boston" (NBC)
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information - WBTS-LD 8.1
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information - WNEU 60.2
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information - WMFP 60.5 - Signal auctioned back into spectrum for the television repack. To go off air in 2018
- Website: http://www.nbcboston.com/
- Studios located at 33 Wells Ave, Newton
- Also runs New England Cable News (NECN), and Telemundo Boston
- Comcast Sports NE is run separately out of a facility in Burlington, MA.
Radio Information
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Confirmation/Reconfirmation |
| 451.9375 | R | 131.8 | NBC BOS IFB | 2017.06.17 ecps92 |
WBZ-AM 1030AM
- Primary Broadcast Facility Information
- Website: http://boston.cbslocal.com/
- Studios on Soldier's Field Road in Boston
- Transmitter in Hull
- Click here to see the WBZ studios/towers
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Confirmation/Reconfirmation |
| 450.6500 | 82.5 | WBZ-AM 1030 Traffic | 2016.10.25 ecps92 |
Total Traffic Network
- Formerly Metro Traffic/SmartRoutes/Shadow Traffic
- Studios in the old WXKS-FM/AM studios in Medford at Wellington Station.
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Confirmation/Reconfirmation |
| 450.1125 | R | 141.3 | Metro Traffic | 2016.10.25 ecps92 |
| 460.9250 | R | 131.8 | SmartRoute Systems | 2015.05.05 N1BHH |
New England Area Fire Buff Networks
Before Yellow Tape (BYT)
- [WebPage]
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 472.1125 | R | 136.5 | New BYT Ch.01 | Boston | 2017.12.29 ecps92 |
| 452.6000 | R | 114.8 | Old BYT Ch.1 | Boston | 2016.01.30 ecps92 |
Boston Citywide (Citywide)
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 472.9625 | R | 123.0 | Citywide-1 | Boston | 2017.01.01 ecps92 |
Cape Cod City Wide
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha tag | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 461.1000 | R | Unknown | CapeWide F-1 |
FirePics.net
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 464.0000 | R | 141.3 | Firepics | Johnston RI |
Fire Radio System (FRS)
Formerly Boston Radio System - System disbanded Summer 2015
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 464.9000 | R | 151.4 | FRS Ch.1 - Old Freq | Boston | 2012.10.21 ecps92 |
| 469.4750 | S | 100.0 | FRS Ch.2 | Boston Area |
Hartford Metro
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/Reconfirmations |
| 460.7750 | R | 186.2 | Hartford Metro | Glastonbury | 2015.10.10 alarmroom |
Merrimack Valley Radio
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha tag | Transmitter City | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 463.5000 | R | 186.2 | New MVR Ch.1 (06.15.2012) | Pelham (NH) | 2012.12.29 ecps92 |
| 461.7000 | R | 82.5 | old - MVR Ch.1 (05.2012 still in transition to Pelham) | Andover | 2012.05.04 |
| 461.7000 | S | 82.5 | old - MVR Ch.2 | Direct | |
| 462.0250 | R | 82.5 | MVR Ch.3 | Peterboro (NH) | 2012.04.06 |
| 462.5500 | 206.5 | MVR Ch.4 | Lowell | 2012.04.06 |
Metro Radio System (MRS)
Website| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 463.8500 | R | 151.4 | MRS Ch.1 | Quincy | 2015.05.06 N1BHH |
Middlesex Radio
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 464.2000 | R | 100.0 | Woburn Ch.1 | Woburn | 2015.03.07 ecps92 |
Providence Citywide
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 462.4000 | R | 91.5 | Ch.01 PVD C/W Main | 2012.04.29 | |
| 452.8250 | R | 167.9 | Ch.02 PVD C/W Ops |
Rhode Island Breaking News Source
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 471.9125 | R | 151.4 | Scituate | 2011.10.01 W1KNE |
Rhode Island Statewide
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 471.2125 | R | 114.8 | Ch.01 Main Ops | North Scituate | 2014.05.07 |
| 463.7750 | R | 167.9 | Ch.02 Fireground/Chit Chat | West Warwick | |
| 451.9125 | R | 167.9 | Regional | 2014.05.07 | |
| ? | T | LCN | LTR Trunk | ? | 2013.02.21 ecps92 |
Southern Maine Fire Notification
Radio test Sundays at 8PM.| Frequency | Type | Tone | Alpha Tag | Location | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 464.8500 | R | 173.8 | ME Buff Ch.1 | York ME | 2016.10.07 schwab |
| 463.7750 | R | 74.4 | ME Buff Ch.3 | Milton NH | 2016.10.07 schwab |
| 463.7750 | 179.9 | ME Buff Ch.5 | Milton NH | ||
| 464.8500 | 241.8 | ME Buff Ch.7 | York ME | ||
| 464.8500 | R | 173.8 | ME Buff Ch.9 | Waterboro ME | 2016.10.07 schwab |
| 464.8500 | 162.2 | ME Buff Ch.10 | Waterboro ME | ||
| 462.5750 | R | 79.7 | ME Buff Ch.11 | Amesbury MA | 2014.07.07 schwab |
| 463.7750 | R | 74.4 | ME Buff Ch.12 | Raymond, ME | 2016.10.07 schwab |
- Special thanks to NECRAT/W1KNE and www.necrat.us for the tower photos.
