Boston is certainly one of the "Cradles" of broadcasting. 1XE, (WGI), 1ZE and, yes, WBZ. Currently ranked #10 in market size, Boston has long been a city of innovative radio. There are a lot of good stories about Boston Radio.
We invite you to visit, enjoy, even share some history with us.
A Boston Radio history timeline - by Donna Halper
Some history from Quincy, MA - by Donna Halper
Boston 1921:
AM
| 833 | WBZ | Springfield | 100 W | Variety | Westinghouse, Inc. |
| 855 | 1XE | Medford Hillside | 100 W | Variety | American Radio & Research |
| 1200 | 1ZE | New Bedford | 100 W | Variety | Irving Vermilya |
Boston 1938:
| 580 | WTAG | Worcester | 1,000 W | Worcester Telegram and Gazette | |
| 590 | WEEI | Boston | 5,000 W | CBS | CBS |
| 680 | WLAW | Lawrence | 1,000 W | . | Hildreth & Rogers/Eagle Tribune |
| 830 | WHDH | Boston | 1,000 W | (Ralph) Matheson Radio Co. | |
| 920 | WORL | Boston | 500 W - Days | ||
| 990 | WBZ | Boston | 50,000 W | NBC Blue | Westinghouse, Inc |
| 990 | WBZA | Springfield | 1,000 W | NBC Blue | Westinghouse, Inc. |
| 1120 | WCOP | Boston | 500 W - Days | Mass. Broadcasting Corp | |
| 1230 | WNAC | Boston | 5,000 W | NBC Red/Yankee/Mutual. | Yankee Network (John Shepard) |
| 1280 | WORC | Worcester | 500 W. | CBS | A.F. Kleindienst |
| 1310 | WNBH | New Bedford | 250/100 W | Yankee/Colonial/Mutual | Earl Anthony and Sons |
| 1370 | WLLH | Lowell | 250/100 W | Yankee/Colonial | Merrimac Broadcasting (Al Moffat) |
| 1410 | WAAB | Boston | 1,000/500 W | Mutual/Colonial | Yankee Network (John Shepard) |
| 1500 | WMEX | Boston | 250/100 W | Northern Corp (Al & Bill Pote) |
| Calls/locality | kHz | Power (Watts) | # Towers | mode | format | Owner | |
| WTAG, Worcester | 580 | 1000 | |||||
| WEZE Boston | 590 | 5000 | 2 | DA-1 | Religious | Salem | |
| WRKO Boston | 680 | 50000 | 3D 3N | DA-2 | News/Talk | Entercom | |
| WCRN Worcester | 830 | 50000 | 2D 3N | DA-2 | News/Talk | ||
| WEEI Boston | 850 | 50000 | 3D 3N | DA-1 | Sports | Entercom | |
| WAMG Dedham | 890 | 25000 D 6000 N | 5D 5N | DA-2 | Sports | ||
| WORL Boston | 950 | 5000D 9N | 1 | NDA | Religious | Carter Broadcasting | |
| WBZ Boston | 1030 | 50000 | 2 | DA-1 | News Day | CBS | |
| WBIX Natick | 1060 | 40/22/2.5 kW | 2D 5CH 2N | DA-3 | Business | ||
| WILD Boston | 1090 | 4800D 1900CH | 1 | NDA | Urban | Radio One | |
| WBNW Concord | 1120 | 5000D 1000N | 4D 3N | DA-2 | Business | ||
| WTTT Boston | 1150 | 5000 | 3D 3N | DA-2 | Talk | Mega Communications | |
| WKOX Boston | 1200 | 50000 | 3D 3N | DA-2 | Spanish | ||
| WMKI Boston | 1260 | 5000 | 1D 3N | DA-N | Disney | Disney/ABC | |
| WRCA Watertown | 1330 | 25000D 17000N | 5D 4N | DA-2 | Ethnic | ||
| WXKS Everett | 1430 | 5000D 1000N | 1D 2N | DA-N | Spanish | Clear Channel Communications | |
| WAZN Watertown | 1470 | 1400D 3400 N | 3D 3N | DA-2 | Spanish | ||
| WWZN Boston | 1510 | 50000 | 2D 4CH 2N | DA-3 |
Sports and Brokered |
Paul Allen/Sporting News | |
| WNTN Newton | 1550 | 10000D | 1 | NDA | Leased | ||
| WNSH Beverly | 1570 | 30000D 85N | 1 | NDA | Female talk | ||
| WUNR Brookline | 1600 | 20000 | 5D 5N | DA-1 | Ethnic | Champion Broadcasting |
FM 2009
| CALLS-Locality | MHz | ERP Watts | HAAT meters | Format | HD2 | HD3 | Owner |
| WMBR Cambridge | 88.1 | 720 | 90 | College | MIT | ||
| WERS Boston | 88.9 | 4000 | 186 | College | AAA | Emerson | |
| WGBH Boston | 89.7 | 100000B | 198 | News/Classical | Classical | News | |
| WZBC Newton | 90.3 | 1000 | 67 | College | BC | ||
| WBUR Boston | 90.9 | 12500 | 305 | Public/news | BU | ||
| WUMB Buston | 91.9 | 660 | 63 | College/folk | UMASS | ||
| WXRV Andover | 92.5 | 25000 | 217 | AAA | NE Broadcasting | ||
| WBOS Brookline | 92.9 | 18500 | 224 | Alternative | Radio You | Greater Media | |
| WMKK Lawence | 93.7 | 34000 | 179 | Adults Hits | Rhymic AC | Entercom | |
| WJMN Boston | 94.5 | 9200 | 353 | Hip Hop | Classic Dance | Clear Channel | |
| WHRB Cambridge | 95.3 | 1700 | 186 | Variety | Harvard | ||
| WTKK Boston | 96.9 | 22500 | 224 | Talk | Irish Music | Greater Media | |
| WKAF Brockton | 97.7 | 1700 | 173 | //WAAF | Live Rock | Entercom | |
| WBZ Boston | 98.5 | 9000 | 341 | Sports/Pats/Bruins | WBCN | WBZ-AM | CBS |
| WPLM Plymouth | 99.1 | 50000 | 131 | AC | Plymouth Rock | ||
| WCRB Lowell | 99.5 | 27000 | 199 | Classical | Nassau | ||
| WZLX Boston | 100.7 | 21500 | 235 | Classic Rock | Blues | Freeform | CBS |
| WFNX Lynn | 101.7 | 1700 | 191 | Modern Rock | |||
| WKLB Waltham | 102.5 | 8100 | 351 | Country | Classic Country | Greater Media | |
| WODS Boston | 103.3 | 16000 | 270 | Classic Hits | Soft Hits | CBS | |
| WBMX Boston | 104.1 | 21000 | 235 | Hot AC | 80,s | Occult | CBS |
| WROR Framingham | 105.7 | 23000 | 224 | Classic Hits | 70,s | Greater Media | |
| WMJX Boston | 106,7 | 21500 | 235 | AC | Smooth Jazz | Greater Media | |
| WAAF Worcester | 107.3 | 9600 | 335 | Active Rock | Live Rock | Entercom | |
| WXKS Medford | 107.9 | 20500 | 235 | Top 40 | Clear Channel | ||
| B: beam tilt ERP | |||||||
Thanks to Jeffrey.P.Bottalico for his help on this page.