WBTS-LD

WBTS-LD
Brand	NBC 10 Boston
City of License	Nashau, New Hampshire
Market	Boston, Massachusetts
Channel	32.3 digital 15 virtual Repeated on 32 and 44 digital / 15.1 and 44.2 virtual Subchannels: 15.2 (Telemundo) 15.3 (Cozi TV) Previous: 32 analog (1995-2004) 67 analog (2004-10) 60 virtual (2010-16)
Network Affiliation	NBC
Founded	1988
Company	NBCUniversal (Station Ventures Operations licensee; duopoly with WNEU)
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Current Popular Non-Network Shows

WBTS-LD is the NBC station serving Boston, Massachusetts. WBTS-LD broadcasts physically on channel 32 digital and 15 virtual and is licensed to Nashua, New Hampshire. It is rebroadcast on a subcarrier of Boston PBS affiliate WGBX.

WBTS-LD began in 1995 as W32AY and then changed calls to WTMU-LP in 2002. It aired on analog channel 32 to 2004 and analog 67 to 2010. It used virtual 60 when it moved its digital physical channel to 46. In 2015, NBC announced it would not renew its affiliation with WHDH/channel 7. After several legal challenges by Sunbeam Television (owner of WHDH), NBC announced it would move to WBTS, which was given FCC approval to move its virtual channel to 8. The move was made on January 1, 2017. Comcast, Dish and DirecTV have the station on channel 10 on their channel line-ups (810 for HD on Comcast) while other cable providers have it on varying channel spots.

Its on-air branding of "NBC 10 Boston" is predicated on its channel position on Boston cable systems. Some viewers feel this may cause confusion as WJAR, the NBC affiliate in Providence, R.I., displays on channel 10 (RF 50, soon to be 25) and reaches most of Boston over the air. In the upcoming digital repack, WBTS's main digital RF of 46 will move to 36. The repeaters of 43 (WYCN-LD/ch. 15 and WGBX/ch. 44) and 34 (WNEU/ch. 60) will respectively move their RFs to 32 and 29.

In 2019, WBTS was sold and changed calls to WYCN-LD, while the WBTS call was reassigned to channel 15 (RF)/32 (virtual) in Nashau. WYCN-LD furnished the retransmission of WBTS to Boston proper. WYCN will relocate its city of license to the Providence, R.I. market in the near future.

Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	NBC 10 Boston News at 7	Access Hollywood	The Voice				Brilliant Minds		NBC 10 Boston Tonight
Tuesday			The Voice				The Irrational
Wednesday			Chicago Med		Chicago Fire		Chicago P.D.
Thursday			Law & Order		Law & Order Special Victims Unit		Found
Friday			various		Dateline NBC
Saturday	Access Hollywood		College football						NBC 10 Boston Weekend Tonight
Sunday	Football Night in America			Sunday Night Football

External Links

Official site

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WBTS-LD