WXAT

WXAT (channel 2) is a television station serving Boston, Massachusetts, airing programming from the PiBN television network. Owned by Cyber9, WGXI is one of seven superstations available by various cable and satellite systems (The 4 others are WNHL, KOMI, DXFIV and RXEDO).
== History ==
WFRE signed on the air on November 11, 1963, as an independent station. It was one of the top-rated independent stations in Massachusetts. In 1970, WFRE was the first station in the nation to provide an hourly news update throughout the day (a precursor to the "24 Hour News Source" format which was famous among news stations in the 1990s). In 1996, WFRE attained its first affiliate with the WB television Network. In 2001, WFRE became WXAT, WXAT was known on air as "WBTV 1" or "Boston's WBTV" until 2006 when WXAT acquired the UPN affiliation. In 2016 WXAT dumped the UPN affiliation to become Boston's full-time affiliate of the Pi Broadcasting Network.
=== Superstation status ===
In 1990, Eastern Microwave began relaying the signal of WXAT via microwave to cable providers across America.
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