Media and Fire Buff

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Media

WBZ Channel 4 (CBS)

  • Web Site: http://cbs4boston.com/
  • Studios located in Boston, with a small office in Worcester
  • News broadcasts at 5am, 6am, 12noon, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm
  • Sister stations with TV 38

Radio Information

Frequency PL Description
450.0375 146.2 Engineering
450.3500 146.2 ???
450.0375 146.2 Direct
450.5375 146.2 Engineering
450.6500 82.5 Radio Traffic Services - Simulcasts "Traffic on the 3's" to act as an IFB for the Chopper

Facility Information

Owner CBS Corportation Power 60.3kW
Tower 350 Cedar St Needham DTV Ch. 30
DTV 825kW DTV Tower 350 Cedar St Needham

WCVB Channel 5 (ABC)

Radio Information

Frequency PL Description
455.0875 167.9
450.4125 103.5 "Radio-4" Engineering 450.6125 103.5 in
455.5125 167.9 IFB Channel
451.2875 110.9 ???

Facility Information

Owner Hearst-Argyle Power 61.7kW
Tower 350 Cedar St Needham DTV Ch. 20
DTV 625kW DTV Tower 350 Cedar St Needham

WHDH Channel 7 (NBC)

Radio Information

Frequency PL Description
450.6125 136.5 Assignment Desk/Engineering
450.0875 136.5 Engineering
450.5125 136.5 Helicopter Comms/Back up comms

Facility Information

Owner Sunbeam TV Power 316kW
Tower 45 Tower Rd Newton DTV Ch. 42
DTV 948kW DTV Tower 45 Tower Rd Newton

WFXT Channel 25 (Fox 25)

  • Website: http://www.fox25.com/
  • Studios loacted in Dedham and Boston
  • News broadcasts at 5am, 6am, 7am, 5pm, and 10pm

Radio Information

Frequency PL Description
450.1375 023/143 News Ops
450.1625 023 Engineering

Facility Information

Owner News Corp (Fox) Power 1950kW
Tower 140 Cabot St Needham DTV Ch. 31
DTV 78kW DTV Tower 140 Cabot St Needham

WLVI Channel 56 (CW)

  • Website: http://wb56.trb.com/
  • What is CW CBS and Warner Bros.
  • Studios located in Boston [Studio closed and merged with WHDH, bldg Empty - 2007]
  • News used to broadcast at 10pm, now replaced by Channel 7's own version of news at 10pm
  • Licensed to Cambridge

Radio Information

Frequency PL Description
450.2500 77.0 News Ops

Facility Information

Owner Sunbeam Power 2240kW
Tower 140 Cabot St Needham DTV Ch. 41
DTV 550kW DTV Tower: 140 Cabot St Needham

WBZ-AM 1030AM

Frequency PL Description
450.6500 82.5 News and Traffic (Mostly Traffic Reports)

Fire Buff Networks

Boston Radio System

  • Home of the infamous 'Dipstacher Car 9'
Frequency PL Description
472.1125 R 136.5 Main Channel

Boston Citywide

Frequency PL Description
463.5500 R 167.9 Main Channel

Massachusetts Notification Network (MassNet)

Frequency PL Description
462.6000 R 107.2 MassNet 1 - Boston, Main Channel
462.6000 R 107.2 MassNet 1b - Brockton
462.5500 R 103.5 MassNet 2 - Everett
462.6000 R 103.5 MassNet 3 - Barnstable
462.6000 R 94.8 MassNet 3b - Barnstable
462.5500 R 100.0 MassNet 4 - Sudbury

Metro Radio System

  • Repeater is located in Quincy, MA
Frequency PL Description
463.850 R WPHG261 151.4 Main Channel - http://www.metroradio.org

Mass Statewide

Update: This notification network has reportedly been off the air for several months. The website is no longer active.

Frequency PL Description
471.4625 R 103.5 Brockton (Statewide)
451.9000 R 203.5 Boston (Statewide Boston)
452.9750 R DPL 143 Marshfield (Statewide South)

Cape Cod City Wide

Frequency PL Description
461.1000 R Unknown Main Channel

Statewide New Hampshire

Frequency Tone CH Usage Transmtter City
461.4000R 167.9 S-1 Secondary Peterborough
461.1250R 156.7 S-2 Primary Goffstown
461.6250R 156.7 S-3 Seconday Chester

Middlesex Radio

Frequency PL Description
464.2000 R 100.0 Woburn, Main Channel

Merrimack Valley Radio

Frequency Tone CH Transmitter City
461.7000R 82.5 1 Andover
461.7000S 82.5 2 Direct
462.0250R 82.5 3 Peterboro
462.5500R 82.5 4 Lowell

Providence Citywide

Frequency PL Description
462.4000 91.5 Ch 1 - Primary (North Providence)
452.8250 167.9 Ch 2 - Ops 1 (West Warwick)
461.1000 91.5 Ch 3 - Tac 3 (Woonsocket)
451.9750 103.5 Ch 4 - South (East Greenwich)
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