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
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
Radio
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
- 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
- 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
- WTBU—Boston University (640 AM and 89.3 FM, campus-only)
 
Silent
Newspapers
Daily
Weekly
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Eagle-Tribune of North Andover
 - MetroWest Daily News of Framingham
 - The Lowell Sun of Lowell
 - "Winchester Star"
 
College newspapers
- 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 Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, weekly
 - The Tufts Daily, Tufts University, daily
 - The 1851 Chronicle, Lasell University, monthly
 
Wire Services
- Associated Press Boston bureau
 - State House News Service, a local news wire covering Massachusetts state government[14]
 
Others
- 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 committed to facilitating active discourse around 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, full color, glossy luxury 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
- Arts and culture in Boston
 - Massachusetts media
- Media of cities in Massachusetts: Fall River, MA/Providence, RI, Springfield, Worcester
 
 
References
- ↑ "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.
 
External links
- FCC TV Channel Guide
 - Boston Media List
 - Boston Newspaper List
 - EDGE Boston - gay and lesbian online news and entertainment
 - Newspapers in Massachusetts
 - Boston, MA on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)