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Herald-Traveler Corporation fought the decision in court, but lost in 1972 and Boston Broadcasters was awarded a full license. It was also critical of the combination of the Herald-Traveler and WHDH-AM-FM-TV. The new channel 5 needed to have a different call sign (due to FCC rules at the time that stated that TV and radio stations in the same market, but with different ownership were required to have different call signs). In 1969, a local group, Boston Broadcasters, won a construction permit to build a new station on channel 5 under the callsign of WCVB-TV after promising to air more local programming than any other station in the United States at the time.

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As a result, WHDH-TV never had a license renewal period lasting more than six months at a time (most television licenses at the time lasted for three years). This touched off a struggle that lasted 15 years. However, almost as soon as it signed on, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began investigating allegations of impropriety in the granting of the television station's construction permit.

It was originally an ABC affiliate, but switched to CBS in 1961. The station was owned by the Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation, along with WHDH radio (850 AM, now WEEI and 94.5 FM, now WJMN). The channel 5 allocation in Boston was first occupied by the original WHDH-TV, which signed on the air on November 26, 1957. History Prior history of channel 5 in Boston (1957–1972) Since 2010, midday and weekend late newscasts, along with World News Now, are overlaid with Canadian paid programming on those providers however, the latter has carried the normal WCVB-TV feed in recent years. WCVB is also one of six Boston television stations that are carried by satellite provider Bell Satellite TV and fiber optic television provider Bell Fibe TV in Canada. Nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, is considered part of the Boston media market, making WCVB-TV part of a nominal duopoly with WMUR-TV (channel 9), that city's ABC affiliate however, the two stations maintain separate operations. The station's studios are located on TV Place (off Gould Street near the I-95/ MA 128/Highland Avenue interchange) in Needham, Massachusetts, and its transmitter is located on Cedar Street, also in Needham, on a tower shared with several other television and radio stations. WCVB-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Hearst Television.