WBTS-CD



1985-1996	1996–2016	2017–2018	2018–present

W13BG[]

1985–1996[]

LOGO MISSING

The station came to the air on July 29, 1988, as W13BG on VHF channel 13 in Nashua. Originally owned by Center Broadcasting Corporation of New Hampshire, the station aired local community programming for the Nashua area, with FamilyNet airing for most of the day.

WYCN(-LP/-CD) (1996–2019)/WBTS-CD (2019–present)[]

1996–2016[]

It changed its callsign to WYCN-LP on April 8, 1996.

2017–2018[]

WYCN-CD sold its frequency rights as part of the FCC's spectrum auction for $80.4 million. OTA Broadcasting entered into a channel sharing agreement with WGBX-TV (channel 44) for the station; NBC agreed to purchase the channel share agreement and the WYCN-CD license in October 2017. In December 2017, the station announced on its website that it would cease broadcasting on its current frequency on January 16, 2018 and begin broadcasting NBC Boston on a new frequency. The sale to NBC was completed on January 18, 2018; the station began channel sharing with WGBX the same day.

Logo based on sister station KNTV in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland.

2018–present[]

WBTS-CD news opens

On August 8, 2019, WBTS-LD and WYCN-CD swapped call signs, with channel 8 becoming WYCN-LD and channel 15 changing to WBTS-CD.

Later in October of the same year, WYCN-LD moved its transmitter to Norton, Massachusetts, changed its city of license to Providence, Rhode Island, and switched its affiliation from NBC to Telemundo for that market, leaving WBTS-CD as the sole NBC station for the Boston area.

External links[]

Official website

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NBCUniversal

Part of Comcast

Streaming:
Peacock (Peacock Kids | Peacock Jr)

Distribution:
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios | NBCUniversal Global Distribution

NBCU Telemundo Enterprises Group
Television channels:
Telemundo | Universo | TeleXitos

Production and distribution:
Telemundo Global Studios | Telemundo International Studios

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Universal Destinations & Experiences

Part of NBCUniversal (Comcast)

Resorts:
Universal Orlando Resort | Universal Beijing Resort

Upcoming:
Universal Kids Resort | Universal Epic Universe | Universal Horror Unleashed

Other:
Universal CityWalk | Universal Creative | Universal Express | Halloween Horror Nights

Former/Defunct/Cancelled:
Universal Studios Dubailand | Universal Studios Moscow | Universal Studios Port Adventura³ | Wet 'n Wild Orlando¹ | Universal Studios Korea

Notes

¹	Part of Universal Orlando Resort.
²	Part of Universal Beijing Resort.
³	Part of Universal Mediterranea.

Universal Destinations & Experiences (2023)

Further list: List Of NBC O&O

NBCUniversal News Group
CNBC (World) | NBC News (NBC News Now | NBC News Radio²⁴) | NBCNews.com | MSNBC

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation.
²	Co-owned with Hearst Corporation.
³	Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share.
⁴	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
⁵	NBCUniversal acquired some of ITC's assets when Universal Pictures merged with PolyGram, but ITV plc still owns ITC's films and shows.
⁶	NBCUniversal has some of AFD's assets, but Vivendi now owns EMI's films and ITV plc owns ITC's films.
⁷	Co-owned with Paramount Pictures.
⁸	Joint venture with Ion Media Networks, DreamWorks Classics, Corus Entertainment and Scholastic.
⁹	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
¹⁰	Joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
¹¹	Owned by Discovery Networks Latin America under brand license
¹²	Co-owned with Participant, Entertainment One, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, and Alibaba Group.
¹³	Co-owned with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
¹⁴	Co-owned with TV18.
¹⁵	Co-owned with Trans Corp.
¹⁶	Co-owned with The Walt Disney Company.
¹⁷	Co-owned with Major League Baseball.
¹⁸	Previously owned by Walmart.
¹⁹	Sold its stake to Ion Media.
²⁰	Joint venture with Pioneer Corporation.
²¹	Co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand.
²²	Co-owned with Seven West Media.
²³	GE sold to Westwood One.
²⁴	In partnership with IHeartMedia, Inc.
²⁵	Joint-venture with Nikkei and TV Tokyo.
²⁶	Joint-venture with Class Editori and Mediaset.
²⁷	Co-owned with Mediawan Thematics.

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NBC owned and affiliated television stations

Owned Television Stations:

^{Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.}

WBTS-CD

W13BG[]

1985–1996[]

WYCN(-LP/-CD) (1996–2019)/WBTS-CD (2019–present)[]

1996–2016[]

2017–2018[]

2018–present[]

External links[]

Fan Feed