WBOR-TV

WBOR-TV is a RKO Network-owned-and-operated TV station licensed to, , United States and serving the area. The station is owned by RKO Entertainment. WBOR's studios are located at 75 Morrissey Boulevard in and it's transmitter, a vintage  rebuilt for television broadcasting use, is located in the Noanet Woodlands in.

It is the Boston flagship TV station of the Boston Beacons of the Professional Soccer League (PSL) and the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

History
WBOR-TV signed-on July 26, 1954 with station identification followed by an airing of the film Citizen Kane. The station's transmitter, a rebuilt Blaw-Knox tower, was originally used from 1932-1950 for a radio station in. Out of all remaining Blaw-Knox towers, WBOR's is distinctive due to having been rebuilt for TV broadcasting and due to the station callsign being spelled out in lettering on the front of the tower.

The station moved into three floors of the Leon Electric Building in in 1995, bringing a new news studio along with it.

In 2014, WBOR-TV moved into the former studio in Dorchester after RKO's lease for the station's space in the Leon Electric Building expired.

Analog-to-digital conversion
In 2009, WBOR-TV was given an exception by the FCC to allow the station's then-analog Blaw-Knox transmitter to be fully refurbished into a digital transmitter, using the June 12 analog shutoff date to start the rebuild. WBOR-TV transmitted from WEAT-TV's tower in until the refurbishment was complete.

Programming
Syndicated programming on WBOR-TV includes King of the Hill, The Simpsons, Small Wonder, Maximum Exposure, The Andy Griffith Show, Webster, Forensic Files, Everybody Hates Chris, and Storrs Media/Telco Productions' E/I TV programs: DragonflyTV, Animal Rescue, and Missing. Game shows that air include Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

Newscast themes

 * "" by (1975-present) (General Newscasts Theme)
 * "Move Closer to Your World '91" by (1994-present) (Breaking News Theme)

Notable current on-air staff

 * Edward St. John - weekday morning anchor (formerly with, , , , and WCSM-TV)
 * Elizabeth Baëta-Quansah - weekday morning anchor (formerly with )
 * Amanda Nahng - weekday morning meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval)
 * Gil John Forrester - weekday morning traffic reporter
 * Esteban Olazábal - weekday evening anchor
 * Kenneth Royce - weekday evening anchor
 * Marissa Hopoate - weekday evening anchor (formerly with )
 * Ray Agnoletto - weekday & weekend evening weatherman (AMS Seal of Approval)
 * Luigi Agnoletto II - weekday & weekend evening traffic reporter
 * Jamie Breathnach - weekday reporter
 * Douglas McWhirter - weekday reporter (formerly with, , , and )
 * Frank Gjertsen - weekday reporter
 * Tamara Ghazzawi - weekday reporter (formerly with and )
 * Manjula Bir Singh - weekday reporter
 * Betsy Rabinowitz - weekday reporter (formerly with and )
 * Alicia Kavanaugh Jr. - weekday reporter (formerly with WCSM-TV)
 * Frank Fitzpatrick - weekday reporter
 * Ivan F. Rees - weekday reporter (formerly with )
 * Alan Kempthorne - weekday reporter
 * Nathan Haim - weekday sports reporter
 * Karla Narjinari - weekend morning anchor
 * Rick & Thomas Tremain - weekend morning anchors (formerly with and )
 * Bruce Thormaigh - weekend morning anchor
 * Nolan Burger - weekend morning weatherman (AMS Seal of Approval)
 * R. Jackson Bochart - weekend morning traffic reporter
 * Alice Heidegger - weekend evening anchor
 * Barry Talukdar - weekend evening anchor
 * Wayne Ovadia - weekend evening anchor
 * Sinead Ashley-Cooper - weekend reporter (formerly with and )
 * Barry Quast - weekend reporter
 * Tracy Madeline Hetherington - weekend reporter (formerly with, , and )
 * Benjamin Van Zyl - weekend sports reporter
 * Jerry Siqueiros - helicopter reporter (WBOR 12 SkyEye) (formerly with, , & , and )
 * Alex Schwartzreich - helicopter reporter (WBOR 12 SkyEye)