WNAC-TV (defunct)
WNAC-TV, channel 7, was a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station was owned by RKO General. Originally established in 1948, WNAC-TV signed off for the final time at midnight on May 22, 1982 due to improprieties by its parent company; it was replaced that morning with WNEV-TV (now WHDH), which operates on a separate license.
History
Origins
The station first signed on the air on June 21, 1948 as WNAC-TV, it was the second television station in Boston (debuting twelve days after WBZ-TV, channel 4). WNAC-TV originally operated as a CBS affiliate, but also carried some programs from the ABC and the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. The station was originally owned by General Tire, along with WNAC radio (then at 1260 AM, frequency now occupied by WBIX; later moved to 680 AM, now WRKO), which served as the flagship station of the New England regional radio network Yankee Network. General Tire had purchased the Yankee Network in 1943. WNAC first broadcast from studio facilities at 21 Brookline Avenue (which had also been home to WNAC radio and the Yankee Network) before moving to 7 Bulfinch Place, near Government Center, in 1968.
WNAC-TV
WNAC-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Owned by Super Towers, the station is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Media General as sister to CBS affiliate WPRI-TV. Although the two share studios on Catamore Boulevard in East Providence, master control and some traffic responsibilities are based in hub facilities at NBC affiliate WWLP in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
The station also operates the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate on its second digital subchannel, which carries the branding MyRITV.
History
As WNET
Although WNAC's current incarnation dates to September 5, 1981, its analog license was one of the oldest active UHF licenses in New England. It first signed on August 29, 1953 as WNET-TV, the second television station in Rhode Island. At that time, it was located on channel 16 and affiliated with ABC. It also shared DuMont programming with NBC station WJAR-TV.
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