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W32AY[]

1995–2002[]

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The station first signed on the air in April 1995 as W32AY, operating on UHF channel 32 from the Prudential Tower in Boston as a Telemundo owned-and-operated station. Telemundo sold W32AY to ZGS Communications in 2001.

WTMU-LP[]

2002–2012[]

WNEU34

2012–November 2016[]

WBTS-LD (2016–2019)/WYCN-LD (2019–present)[]

November–December 2016[]

Countdown NBC Boston logo

On November 1, 2016, NBC announced that WBTS-LD will be the new NBC station for Boston replacing WHDH effective January 1, 2017. On November 10, WBTS-LD and WNEU-DT2 began to carry a transitional programming service branded as Countdown NBC Boston. The service was designed to promote the switch and assist viewers in locating NBC Boston's over-the-air channels, it featured NBC Boston's future syndicated programming, programs from Cozi TV, and newscasts simulcast from NECN. The NBC Boston website and social media outlets were also launched at this time. WNEU remains the Telemundo O&O for the Boston market.

January 2017–2018[]

NBC Boston logo

The change in affiliation officially took effect at 3:00 a.m. ET on January 1, 2017, making WBTS the third station in Boston to carry NBC after WBZ-TV (channel 4) and WHDH. Logo based on sister station KNTV in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland.

2018–2019[]

WBTS-CD 1

2019–present[]

Telemundo Providence (2018)

On August 8, 2019, WBTS and WYCN swapped call signs, with channel 8 becoming WYCN-LD and channel 15 changing to WBTS-CD. In October 2019, WYCN-LD moved its transmitter to Norton, Massachusetts, switched from NBC to Telemundo, and also changed its city of license to Providence, leaving WBTS-CD as Boston's sole NBC station.


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