Media in Boston

This is a list of television and radio stations along with a list of media outlets in and around Boston, Massachusetts, including the Greater Boston area. As the television media market titled as "Boston-(Manchester)" it stretches as far north as Manchester, New Hampshire, and ranks as the ninth-largest media market, and one of top-ten-largest radio media market in the United States according to Nielsen Media Research.

TV
The Boston television market includes all but the 4 westernmost counties and Bristol County in Massachusetts and the 6 southern counties in New Hampshire, plus Windham County, Vermont.

(*) – indicates a network owned-and-operated station.
 * 2 WGBH-TV Boston (PBS)
 * 4 WBZ-TV Boston (CBS)*
 * 5 WCVB-TV Boston (ABC)
 * 7 WHDH Boston (Independent)
 * 15 WBTS-CD Nashua, NH (NBC)*
 * 24 WFXZ-CD Boston (Biz TV)
 * 25 WFXT Boston (Fox)
 * 27 WUTF-TV Worcester (UniMás)
 * 38 WSBK-TV Boston (Independent)
 * 44 WGBX-TV Boston (PBS)
 * 46 WWDP Norwell (Shop LC)
 * 48 WYDN Lowell (Daystar)*
 * 50 WWJE-DT Derry, NH (True Crime Network)
 * 56 WLVI Cambridge (The CW)
 * 58 WDPX-TV Woburn (Court TV)*
 * 60 WNEU Merrimack, NH (Telemundo)*
 * 62 WMFP Foxborough (SonLife)
 * 66 WUNI Marlborough (Univision)*
 * 68 WBPX-TV Boston (Ion Television)*

Cable channels

 * New England Cable News
 * New England Sports Network
 * NBC Sports Boston
 * CatholicTV
 * Boston Neighborhood Network (public-access television cable TV)

Radio
The Boston radio market is the tenth largest in the country, encompassing over 4 million people in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties. (*) – indicates a non-commercial radio station.

AM

 * 590 WEZE Boston (Christian)
 * 680 WRKO Boston (Conservative talk)
 * 740 WJIB Cambridge (Adult standards/oldies)*
 * 800 WNNW Lawrence (Tropical)
 * 850 WEEI Boston (Sports/ESPN)
 * 890 WAMG Dedham (Tropical)
 * 950 WROL Boston (Christian)
 * 980 WCAP Lowell (Full-service/talk/oldies)
 * 1030 WBZ Boston (All-news/talk)
 * 1060 WQOM Natick (Catholic/EWTN)*
 * 1090 WILD Boston (Christian)
 * 1120 WBNW Concord (Financial talk)
 * 1150 WWDJ Boston (Relevant Radio)*
 * 1200 WXKS Newton (Conservative talk)
 * 1230 WESX Nahant (Christian/ethnic)
 * 1260 WBIX Boston (Brazilian-Portuguese Christian)*
 * 1300 WJDA Quincy (Reggaeton)
 * 1330 WRCA Watertown (Bloomberg)
 * 1360 WLYN Lynn (Brokered/ethnic)
 * 1390 WPLM Plymouth (Soft AC–WPLM-FM)
 * 1400 WLLH Lowell (Tropical)
 * 1430 WKOX Everett (Spanish Christian)
 * 1450 WNBP Newburyport (Bloomberg–WRCA)
 * 1460 WBMS Brockton (Adult contemporary)
 * 1470 WAZN Watertown (Chinese)
 * 1490 WCCM Haverhill (Spanish CHR)
 * 1510 WMEX Quincy (Oldies/MeTV FM)
 * 1530 WVBF Middleborough Center (Talk/RRS)
 * 1550 WNTN Cambridge (Community/ethnic)
 * 1570 WUBG Methuen (Spanish CHR)
 * 1600 WUNR Brookline (Ethnic)

FM

 * 88.1 WMBR Cambridge (Campus/free-form–MIT)*
 * 88.3 WBMT Boxford (Campus/AOR)*
 * 88.3 WIQH Concord (Campus/active rock–Concord-Carlisle HS)*
 * 88.5 WWRN Rockport (RenewFM)*
 * 88.9 WERS Boston (Campus/free-form–Emerson)*
 * 89.1 WHAB Acton (Campus–Acton-Boxborough Regional HS)*
 * 89.7 WGBH Boston (NPR)*
 * 90.3 WZBC Newton (Campus/free-form–Boston College)*
 * 90.9 WBUR-FM Boston (NPR)*
 * 91.5 WMFO Medford (Campus/free-form–Tufts)*
 * 91.5 WMLN-FM Milton (Campus/free-form–Curry)*
 * 91.5 WUML Lowell (Campus–UMass Lowell)*
 * 91.5 WUMZ Gloucester (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
 * 91.5 WZLY Wellesley (Campus/free-form–Wellesley)*
 * 91.7 WAVM Maynard (Campus–Maynard HS)*
 * 91.7 WMWM Salem (Campus–Salem State)*
 * 91.7 WNEF Newburyport (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
 * 91.7 WUMT Marshfield (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
 * 91.7 WUMG Stow (WUMB-FM simulcast)*
 * 91.9 WUMB-FM Boston (Americana/roots-folk/blues–UMass Boston)*
 * 92.5 WXRV Andover (Adult album alternative)
 * 92.9 WBOS Brookline (Classic rock)
 * 93.7 WEEI-FM Lawrence (Sports/CBS)
 * 94.5 WJMN Boston (Mainstream urban)
 * 95.3 WHRB Cambridge (Classical/campus/variety–Harvard)*
 * 95.9 WATD-FM Marshfield (Adult contemporary)
 * 96.9 WBQT Boston (Rhythmic hot AC)
 * 97.7 WZRM Brockton (Spanish hits)
 * 98.5 WBZ-FM Boston (Sports/Fox/MNCTV)
 * 99.1 WPLM-FM Plymouth (Soft AC)
 * 99.5 WCRB Lowell (Classical)*
 * 99.9 WHHB Holliston (Campus/variety–Holliston HS)*
 * 100.1 WBRS Waltham (Campus/variety–Brandeis)*
 * 100.7 WZLX Boston (Classic rock)
 * 101.7 WBWL Lynn (Country)
 * 102.5 WKLB-FM Waltham (Country)
 * 103.3 WBGB Boston (Adult hits)
 * 104.1 WWBX Boston (Hot AC)
 * 104.5 WXLO Fitchburg (Hot AC)
 * 104.9 WNKC Gloucester (K-Love)*
 * 104.9 WRBB Boston (Campus/free-form–Northeastern)*
 * 105.7 WROR-FM Framingham (Classic hits)
 * 106.7 WMJX Boston (Adult contemporary)
 * 107.3 WKVB Westborough (K-Love)*
 * 107.9 WXKS-FM Medford (Contemporary hits)

Part 15

 * WTBU—Boston University ( and, campus-only)

Silent

 * 1410 WZBR Dedham

Daily

 * The Boston Globe
 * The Boston Herald

Weekly

 * The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
 * The Armenian Weekly


 * Banker & Tradesman, business weekly
 * Bay State Banner, African-American weekly
 * Bay Windows, LGBT weekly
 * Boston Business Journal
 * The Christian Science Monitor, daily online, weekly print magazine
 * Commercial Record, business weekly
 * Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
 * The Pilot, Catholic weekly
 * La Semana, Spanish weekly

Bi-weekly and monthly

 * Just Property, focused on real estate
 * Just Rentals, focused on real estate
 * The Rainbow Times, the largest LGBTQ monthly newspaper in Boston, serving all of New England
 * Sampan, bilingual, Chinese and English
 * Spare Change News

Neighborhood papers

 * Allston-Brighton TAB
 * Boston Guardian (effective successor of defunct Boston Courant)
 * Boston Sun (formerly Back Bay Sun)
 * Beacon Hill Times
 * Charlestown Patriot-Bridge
 * Dorchester Reporter
 * East Boston Sun Transcript
 * Fenway News
 * Hyde Park Tribune
 * Jamaica Plain Gazette
 * Mattapan Reporter
 * Mission Hill Gazette
 * South End News
 * West Roxbury Transcript

Inner suburbs

 * Arlington Advocate
 * Belmont Citizen-Herald
 * Brookline TAB
 * Cambridge Chronicle & TAB
 * Cambridge Day
 * Newton TAB
 * Somerville Journal
 * Watertown TAB
 * The Patriot Ledger

Outer suburbs

 * The Eagle-Tribune of North Andover
 * MetroWest Daily News of Framingham
 * The Lowell Sun of Lowell
 * "Winchester Star"

College newspapers

 * The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson College, weekly
 * The Daily Free Press, Boston University, weekly, online daily
 * The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, daily
 * The Harvard Voice, Harvard University, weekly
 * The Heights, Boston College weekly, online daily
 * The Hub, Emmanuel College, online
 * The Huntington News, Northeastern University, weekly
 * The Mass Media, University of Massachusetts Boston, weekly
 * The Simmons Voice, Simmons College, weekly
 * The Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University, weekly
 * The Suffolk Voice, Suffolk University, online daily
 * The Summit, Stonehill College
 * The Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, weekly
 * The Tufts Daily, Tufts University, daily
 * The 1851 Chronicle, Lasell University, monthly

Wire Services

 * Associated Press Boston bureau
 * State House News Service, a local news wire covering Massachusetts state government

Others

 * Barstool Sports
 * Big Red & Shiny, online contemporary arts magazine with coverage and arts criticism for Greater Boston and New England
 * Boston Art Review, a print and online magazine on contemporary art in Boston
 * Boston Common Magazine
 * The Boston Independent Media Center, provides alternative views
 * Boston Live Magazine, live music and entertainment
 * Boston Magazine, a monthly lifestyles magazine
 * Boston Review, a national political and arts magazine
 * Boston Spirit Magazine, gay and lesbian life and style magazine, for Greater Boston and New England
 * CommonWealth, online magazine and quarterly print publication about politics and policy in Massachusetts
 * Nieman Lab, online publication covering media and journalism based at Harvard's Nieman Foundation
 * Open Media Boston, progressive online metro news weekly serving the Boston area
 * NewBostonPost, conservative news website
 * STAT, an online publication covering health and life sciences, owned by The Boston Globe