WBTS-CD

WBTS-CD
Nashua, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; ; United States;
City	Nashua, New Hampshire
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF), shared with WGBX-TV; Virtual: 15;
Branding	NBC 10 Boston (cable channel)
Programming
Affiliations	15.1: NBC; 15.2: Cozi TV;
Ownership
Owner	NBC Owned Television Stations; (Comcast / NBCUniversal); ; (NBC Telemundo License LLC);
Sister stations	WNEU; Cable: NECN, NBC Sports Boston;
History
Founded	August 5, 1985
First air date	January 29, 1988
Former call signs	W13BG (1985–1996); WYCN-LP (1996–2014); WYCN-CD (2014–2019);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 13 (VHF, 1988–2014); Digital: 36 (UHF, 2014–2018), 43 (UHF, 2018–2019); Virtual: 13 (2014–2018);
Former affiliations	Community programming (1988–2018); FamilyNet (c. 2000–2012); The Family Channel (2012–2014); TouchVision (2014–March 2015); TheCoolTV (March–December 9, 2015); Queue Network (December 9–12, 2015); Heroes & Icons (December 12, 2015–2018);
Call sign meaning	Boston Television Station
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9766
Class	CD
ERP	922 kW; 1,000 kW (CP);
HAAT	388.3 m (1,274 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°18′37″N 71°14′12″W / 42.31028°N 71.23667°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.nbcboston.com

WBTS-CD (channel 15) is a Class A television station licensed to Nashua, New Hampshire, United States, serving as the NBC outlet for the Boston area. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Merrimack, New Hampshire–licensed Telemundo station WNEU (channel 60); it is also sister to regional cable news channel New England Cable News (NECN) and regional sports network NBC Sports Boston. The four outlets share studios at the NBCU Boston Media Center on B Street in Needham, Massachusetts.

Under a channel sharing arrangement, WBTS-CD shares transmitter facilities with PBS member station WGBX-TV (channel 44) on Cedar Street, also in Needham, on a tower also used by several other TV and radio stations. Despite WBTS-CD legally holding a low-power Class A license, it transmits using WGBX-TV's full-power spectrum. This ensures complete reception across the Boston television market.

WBTS-CD is carried on channel 10 by most local cable television providers;^[2]^[3] hence the station's on-air branding (since 2018) as NBC 10 Boston.

^ "Facility Technical Data for WBTS-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "NBC's New Boston O&O, WBTS, Sets Lineup". TVNewsCheck. November 2016. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
^ Littleton, Cynthia (December 30, 2016). "NBCUniversal Gambles in Beantown With NBC Boston Launch". Variety. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WBTS-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[tvnc-wbtsnbc-2] "NBC's New Boston O&O, WBTS, Sets Lineup". TVNewsCheck. November 2016. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

[variety-gamble-3] Littleton, Cynthia (December 30, 2016). "NBCUniversal Gambles in Beantown With NBC Boston Launch". Variety. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

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