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hockey games. These games were broadcast on Sundays, usually pre-recorded on tape, with either Saturday night games shown on Sunday afternoons, or Sunday night games shown on tape delay after that evening's 11 p.m. newscast. One game, on February 12, 1966, a Saturday matinee from the old
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after promising to air more local programming than any other station in America at the time (even though WHDH often broadcast more local programming, in terms of hours per week, than any other commercial television station in the market). The challenger was also critical of the
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lost the channel 5 license, it was under court order to sign off daily at 1:00 a.m. so that WCVB-TV could test its equipment. WHDH-TV declined to sell its studios, transmitter and tower to the new WCVB-TV, which subsequently leased space on the tower belonging to
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basketball games during the early-to-mid 1960s. These were usually weekend afternoon games that were not televised nationally. WHDH broadcast Celtics playoff away games from 1962 to 1966, although WHDH did televise live coverage of the seventh and final game of the
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Initially, WHDH-TV shared studio facilities with WHDH radio located at 6 St. James Avenue in Boston's Back Bay; but this facility was far from ideal for television and in early 1960, the station moved into a newly built studio center at 50 Morrisey Boulevard in the
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and Don Gillis, Gillis eventually became the solo host. The show was extremely successful and remained on channel 5 (with Gillis still as host) until January 1996, long after WHDH had given way to WCVB.
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the following morning, March 19, 1972. WCVB operates using a separate license from WHDH-TV; conversely, the original WHDH-TV is also of no relation to the current
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Channel 5 history on WCVB-TV's website which erroneously claims "the station" went on in 1957. WCVB-TV didn't go on air until 1972, which is covered on-site.
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as Bozo; in 1966, 130 episodes taped by WHDH-TV that year would go into national syndication for television stations that did not want to produce a local
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This article is about a defunct television station in Boston. For the current use of this callsign by a television station in Boston, see
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The station won several awards for news coverage, including multiple honors as "National News Film Station of the Year" from the
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Corporation fought the decision in court, but lost its battle in 1972; and Boston Broadcasters was awarded a full license.
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to originate live (and later taped) local programming in color. In 1959, WHDH-TV debuted a local version of
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group, but DuMont shut down its network before being able to acquire the permit. WHDH-TV was originally an
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In 1965, Celtics' playoff away games were also shown on the newly launched WIHS-TV (channel 38, now
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was carried live and in color back to Boston, using a color mobile unit owned by New York-based
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almost 18 years to the day of their last use, on March 12, 1990, where they remain to this day.
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to serve as its studios and offices. All of WHDH-TV's talent, however, transferred to WCVB.
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doing play-by-play, with analysis during the 1960s provided by former star Red Sox pitcher
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on January 1, 1961. The move was initiated by CBS after its existing Boston station,
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The station first signed on the air on November 26, 1957. It was owned by the
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
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Nominally a low-power station; shares spectrum with full-power WGBH-TV.
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Nominally a low-power station; shares spectrum with full-power WGBX-TV.
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bostonradio.org's WEEI (AM) history including a section on WHDH-TV
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football championship, WHDH made plans to cover the game. Due to
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section of Boston. Channel 5 was the first television station in
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Among the anchors who worked there were John Day, Jack Hynes,
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show that aired at noon on Saturdays. Initially co-hosted by
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did the Bruins' games; Don Gillis called the Celtics' games.
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affiliate from January 2, 1995, through December 31, 2016.
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The WHDH-TV call letters were subsequently reassigned to
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Television channels and stations disestablished in 1972
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sequentially assigned to former radio sister station
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