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The original occupant of the channel 7 allocation in Boston was WNAC-TV, which commenced operations on June 21, 1948, as Boston's second commercial station.Originally a CBS affiliate, the station switched to ABC in 1961, but rejoined CBS in 1972.
WNAC-TV, channel 7, was a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.The station was owned by RKO General.Originally established in 1948, WNAC-TV signed off for the final time at 1 a.m. on May 22, 1982, due to improprieties by its parent company; it was replaced that morning with WNEV-TV (now WHDH), which operates on a separate license.
Leonard first came to Boston TV in May 1977 at Channel 7, then known as WNAC-TV. For the first few years, he was a staff meteorologist. By the time the station was sold to New England Television and became WNEV-TV in 1982 (the same ownership would rename it again to WHDH in 1990), Leonard became chief meteorologist, the role he would hold there ...
WHDH (TV) (digital channel 35, virtual channel 7): an independent television station in Boston, Massachusetts that was formerly affiliated with CBS and NBC; WHDH-TV (channel 5): a television station in Boston that existed from 1957 to 1972; replaced by WCVB-TV; WEEI (AM) 850, a radio station in Boston that previously used the WHDH callsign
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Boston: 2 5 WGBH-TV: PBS: World on 2.2 : 4 20 WBZ-TV: CBS: Start TV on 4.2, Dabl on 4.3, Fave TV on 4.4 : 5 33 WCVB-TV: ABC: MeTV on 5.2, Story Television on 5.3
WNAC-TV (Boston), a television station (channel 7) formerly licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which operated from June 1948 to May 1982 WHDH (TV), a television station (channel 42 digital/PSIP 7) licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which is the successor to the former WNAC-TV
In 1977, he joined WNAC-TV Channel 7 (later WNEV and now WHDH-TV) in Boston. Over the next 21 years, he covered the Boston sports scene for the station holding the following roles: weekend and weekday sports anchor, sports producer, sports director as well as producing several sports features and investigative reports.
In early 1982, Ellis had told management that he was renewing his contract with WCVB. That spring, however, he cut what many called an under-the-table deal with Boston's re-launched Channel 7, WNEV-TV (now WHDH), to become lead-anchor for its re-organized news department. WCVB was disappointed in losing Ellis, mainly because they did not want ...