WHDH-TV (channel 5)

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WHDH-TV

Boston, Massachusetts United States
Channels	Analog: 5 (VHF)
Ownership
Owner	Boston Herald Traveler (WHDH, Inc.)
Sister stations	WHDH (now WEEI), WHDH-FM (now WJMN)
History
First air date	November 26, 1957 (1957-11-26)
Last air date	March 18, 1972 (1972-03-18) (14 years, 113 days)
Former affiliations	ABC (1957–1960) CBS (1961–1972)
Call sign meaning	sequentially assigned to former radio sister station WHDH (AM)
Technical information
ERP	100 kW
HAAT	306 m (1,004 ft)

WHDH-TV (channel 5) was a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station ceased operations on March 18, 1972, following the revocation of the station's license. The channel 5 allocation in the market was taken over by WCVB-TV the following morning, March 19, 1972. WCVB operates using a separate license from WHDH-TV; conversely, the original WHDH-TV is also of no relation to the current WHDH (channel 7), which is a news-intensive independent; it served as the Boston market's NBC affiliate from January 2, 1995, through December 31, 2016.