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   WBZ-TV

   NBC has traditionally been less tolerant of preemptions than the other networks and had to find alternate independent stations to air whatever programs that BZ did not air. ... The return of "WBZ-TV" and "WBZ News" took place Sunday, February 4, 2007, during the station's coverage of the Super Bowl.
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   WSBK-TV

   The rule protected stations in local markets from out-of-market competition by superstations airing identical syndicated programming. ... WBZ-TV/DT
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   Westinghouse Broadcasting

   Westinghouse entered television on June 9, 1948 with the sign-on of WBZ-TV in Boston. ... Under its previous and founding owners, the DuMont Television Network, the station originally known as WDTV -- Pittsburgh's only VHF commercial station for its first eight years of operation -- carried programming from all four networks.
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   WBZ (AM)

   On June 9, 1948, WBZ-TV Channel 4 signed on and took NBC Television affiliation (switching to CBS on January 2, 1995). ... WBZ Radio itself dropped its NBC affiliation in 1956 after three decades, deciding to program popular music around-the-clock.
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   Fox affiliate switches of 1994

   WPRI's signal carried from Rhode Island over into most of the Boston area whereas WBZ-TV's Boston signal traveled all the way into almost all of the state of Rhode Island. ... Big Three affiliates are required to air their network's children's program block (although the Big Three only aired their shows on Saturdays compared to Fox Kids' six), and when New World was bought out by Fox, it became the first network which had O&Os that did not air all network programming.
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   WHDH-TV

   The owners of the station that replaced it, WCVB-TV, planned to air more local programming than any other station in the country, heavily preempting CBS programming in the process. ... Mish Michaels - meteorologist (1992-1999, now at WBZ-TV)
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   WNXB-TV

   WLVI may take on the responsibility of airing NBC programs when WHDH is unable to, such as in a news-related emergency. ... Jon Keller - critic at large (now at WBZ-TV)
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   WLVI-TV

   WLVI may take on the responsibility of airing NBC programs when WHDH is unable to, such as in a news-related emergency. ... Jon Keller - critic at large (now at WBZ-TV)
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   WLBZ

   It aired programming from all three networks but was a primary CBS affiliate. ... Ken Barlow - meteorologist (now chief meteorologist at WBZ-TV in Boston)
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    Evening Magazine

    A similar show with the same name aired on KPIX-TV (by this time owned and operated by CBS) from 1998 to 2005. ... History of Group W's Evening Magazine, mainly from the WBZ-TV/Boston perspective

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• WBZ-TV,
• WSBK-TV,
• Westinghouse Broadcasting,
• WBZ (AM),
• Fox affiliate switches of 1994,
• WHDH-TV,
• WNXB-TV,
• WLVI-TV,
• WLBZ,
• Evening Magazine