     whdh, virtual channel 7 (uhf digital channel 42), is an nbc-affiliated television station located in boston, massachusetts, united states. the station is owned by sunbeam television, as part of a duopoly with cw affiliate wlvi (channel 56). the two stations share studio facilities located at bulfinch place (near government center) in downtown boston; whdh's transmitter is located in newton. whdh is the largest nbc station by market size that is not owned by the network. ==history== ===origins===  the station first signed on the air on may 22, 1982 as wnev-tv. it was originally owned by the new england television corporation (netv), who received a new license from the federal communications commission (fcc) for channel 7 in boston after improprieties by rko general, the owner of the previous occupant of the channel 7 allocation, wnac-tv. wnac-tv had operated since june 21, 1948, and had been boston's cbs affiliate (except from 1961â1972, when it was an abc affiliate). ===wnac-tv's fight for survival and transition===  by 1965, rko general faced numerous inv
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