# Media in Boston

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

* New England Cable News
* New England Sports Network
* NBC Sports Boston
* CatholicTV
* Boston Neighborhood Network (public-access television cable TV)

## 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 (Classic rock)
* 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 (Bloomberg)
* 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

* 1410 WZBR Dedham

## Print
### Newspapers
#### Daily

* The Boston Globe
* The Boston Herald

#### 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
* Just Rentals, focused on real estate
* The Rainbow Times, the largest LGBTQ monthly newspaper in Boston, serving all of New England
* Sampan, bilingual, Chinese and English
* Spare Change News

#### Neighborhood papers

* Allston-Brighton TAB
* Boston Guardian (effective successor of defunct Boston Courant)
* Boston Sun (formerly Back Bay Sun)
* Beacon Hill Times
* Charlestown Patriot-Bridge
* Dorchester Reporter
* East Boston Sun Transcript
* Fenway News
* Hyde Park Tribune
* Jamaica Plain Gazette
* Mattapan Reporter
* Mission Hill Gazette
* South End News
* West Roxbury Transcript

#### Inner suburbs

* Arlington Advocate
* Belmont Citizen-Herald
* Brookline TAB
* Cambridge Chronicle & TAB
* Cambridge Day
* 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, online daily
* 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 Summit, Stonehill College
* 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

### Others

* Barstool Sports
* Big Red & Shiny, online contemporary arts magazine with coverage and arts criticism for Greater Boston and New England
* Boston Art Review, a print and online magazine on contemporary art in Boston
* Boston Common Magazine
* The Boston Independent Media Center, provides alternative views
* Boston Live Magazine, live music and entertainment
* Boston Magazine, a monthly lifestyles magazine
* Boston Review, a national political and arts magazine
* Boston Spirit Magazine, gay and lesbian life and style magazine, for Greater Boston and New England
* 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
* STAT, an online publication covering health and life sciences, owned by The Boston Globe