WHDH-TV

WHDH-TV was the callsign of the first station to use channel 5 in Boston. The station ceased operations March 18, 1972, after the station lost its license. The channel, but not the license, was taken over by WCVB-TV the following morning: March 19, 1972. It is of no relation to either WCVB or the current WHDH-TV. WHDH-TV signed on November 26, 1957. It was owned by the Boston Herald-Traveler Corporation along with WHDH radio (AM 850, now occupied by WEEI; and FM 94.5, now WJMN). It was originally an ABC affiliate, but switched to CBS on January 1, 1961. Initially, studios were with sister station WHDH Radio at 6 St. James Avenue in Boston's Back Bay; but this facility was far from ideal for television and in early 1960, the station moved into a newly built studio center at 50 Morrisey Boulevard in the Dorchester section of Boston. WHDH was also the first television station in New England to originate local live (and later taped) programming in color. In 1959, WHDH began a local...