WBTS-TV (Boston, MA)

WBTS-TV (Boston, MA)

WBTS-LD is a low-powered television station based in Boston, Massachusetts, operating on virtual channel 8 and UHF digital channel 46. As an NBC owned-and-operated station, it is part of the NBC Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal. WBTS is in a duopoly with WNEU, a Telemundo station licensed in Merrimack, New Hampshire, which broadcasts on channel 60. The station shares its studio space with New England Cable News (NECN) at Wells Avenue in Newton, while its transmitter can be found in Needham.

Local
English
Television

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Domain Authority
78
Ranking

Global

#27954

United States

#5701

News and Media

#327

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Articles

  • 1 day ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino

    Over 100 unopened packages were found dumped in the crash in Wayland, Massachusetts, and a police investigation into how they got there is underway. Wayland police said a resident first noticed four of the packages, unopened with the shipping labels still on them, in the trash on Commonwealth Road on Monday. The next day, the same person called police again to report more packages in the same receptacle.

  • 1 day ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino |Mike Pescaro

    A newly unsealed affidavit reveals new details in the case of a man charged with the murder of his father in Milford, New Hampshire, in 2003. Douglas Herlihy, now 39, is accused of killing his father, Paul Herlihy, 50, at their home in Milford, New Hampshire in August 2003, according to the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella. Doug Herlihy would have been 17 at this time. Investigators believe Paul Herlihy was killed sometime between Aug.

  • 1 day ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino

    A man has died after he was stabbed in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Wednesday evening. Manchester police said they were called in around 6:30 p.m. and found the victim at 138 Orange St. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died of his injuries. He has not been publicly identified. Investigators have identified everyone involved in the incident, according to police, who said there is no active threat to the public.

  • 2 days ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino

    Seven people were taken to the hospital after a transportation van crashed into a building in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood Wednesday. Boston police said they were called in around 1 p.m. for a report of a van that crashed into a residential building between 24/26 Rowell Street. There were 16 people on the van, who police described as elderly. Seven of them were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Boston Inspectional Services was called in to assess any structural damage to the building.

  • 2 days ago | nbcboston.com | Thea DiGiammerino

    Investigators say they've seized around 100 boxes of illegal fireworks after two men attempted to sell tens of thousands of dollars' worth of the illegal merchandise in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Police received a tip Friday about a flyer advertising a fireworks sale on Industrial Way. Investigators began surveillance in the area and discovered where the items were being stored.