Media and Fire Buff

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Media

WBZ Channel 4 (CBS)

  • Web Site: http://cbs4boston.com/
  • Studios located on Soldier's Field Road in Boston
  • News broadcasts at 4:30am, 5am, 6am, 12noon, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm
  • Sister stations with TV 38 WSBK-TV. (10pm Newscast.)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Confirmation
450.0375 R 146.2 WBZ F-1 2016.05.22 N1BHH
450.3500 146.2 IFB 2014.04.02 N1BHH
450.5375 146.2 CBS 4 ENG
450.0375 S 146.2 Direct 1 2015.05.06 N1BHH
455.5375 146.2 Direct 3
455.1875 146.2 Cueing

Facility Information

Owner CBS Corportation Virtual Channel 4.1
Tower 350 Cedar St Needham DT Ch. 30
DT Power 915kW DT Tower 350 Cedar St Needham

WCVB Channel 5 (ABC)

  • Website: http://www.wcvb.com/
  • Studios located at TV Place in Needham
  • News broadcasts at 4:30am, 5am, 6am, 12 noon, 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Confirmation/Reconfirmation
455.0875 167.9 ???
450.4125 103.5 WCVB 5 F-4 2016.05.05 ecps92
455.5125 167.9 IFB Channel 2016.02.08 N1BHH
450.2875 110.9 ???

Facility Information

Owner Hearst-Argyle Virtual Channel 5.1
Tower 350 Cedar St Needham DT Ch. 20
DT Power 625kW DT Tower 350 Cedar St Needham

WHDH Channel 7 (NBC)

  • Website: http://www.whdh.com/
  • Studios located at Goverment Center in Boston
  • News broadcasts at 5am, 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm
  • Sister station of CW56 WLVI. (10pm Newscast.)

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.6125 136.5 WHDH 7 F-1 2015.05.05 N1BHH
450.0875 136.5 Engineering 2015.05.05 N1BHH
450.2500 77.0 Former 56 News OPS (Parent Facility - WLVI-TV)
450.5125 R 136.5 Helicopter Comms 2016.05.22 N1BHH
455.3125 136.5 Helicopter Comms 2015.05.05 N1BHH

Facility Information

Owner Sunbeam TV Virtual Channels 7.1, 7.2
Tower 45 Tower Rd Newton DT Ch. (UHF) 42
DT Power (UHF) 1000kW DT Tower 45 Tower Rd Newton

WFXT Channel 25 (Fox 25)

  • Website: http://www.fox25.com/
  • Primary studios located in Dedham
  • Weekday news broadcasts at 4am-10am, 6pm, and 10pm-11:30pm.

Radio Information

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.1375 R D023 WFXT 25 Helicopter Ops F1/F3(Simplex) 2015.05.05 N1BHH
450.1625 R D143 WFXT 25 News Operations F2/F4(Simplex) 2012.10.06

Facility Information

Owner Cox Media Group Virtual Channel 25.1
Tower 140 Cabot St Needham DT Ch. 31
DT Power 780kW DT Tower 140 Cabot St Needham

WBZ-AM 1030AM

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.6500 82.5 WBZ-AM 1030 Traffic 2016.02.08 N1BHH

Total Traffic Network

  • Formerly Metro Traffic/SmartRoutes/Shadow Traffic
  • Studios in the old WXKS-FM/AM studios in Medford at Wellington Station.
Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Confirmation/Reconfirmation
450.1125 R 141.3 Metro Traffic 2015.05.05 N1BHH
460.9250 R 131.8 SmartRoute Systems 2015.05.05 N1BHH

New England Area Fire Buff Networks

Before Yellow Tape (BYT)

  • [WebPage]
Frequency Type Tone Alpha tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
452.6000 R 114.8 BYT Ch.1 Boston 2016.01.30 ecps92

Boston Citywide (Citywide)

Frequency Type Tone Alpha tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
472.9625 R 123.0 Citywide-1 Boston 2016.03.24 ecps92

Cape Cod City Wide

Frequency Type Tone Alpha tag Confirmation/ReConfirmations
461.1000 R Unknown CapeWide F-1

FirePics.net

Frequency Type Tone Alpha tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
464.0000 R 141.3 Firepics Johnston RI

Fire Radio System (FRS)

Formerly Boston Radio System - System disbanded Summer 2015

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
464.9000 R 151.4 FRS Ch.1 - Old Freq Boston 2012.10.21 ecps92
469.4750 S 100.0 FRS Ch.2 Boston Area

Hartford Metro

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/Reconfirmations
460.7750 R 186.2 Hartford Metro Glastonbury 2015.10.10 alarmroom


Merrimack Valley Radio

Frequency Type Tone Alpha tag Transmitter City Confirmation/ReConfirmations
463.5000 R 186.2 New MVR Ch.1 (06.15.2012) Pelham (NH) 2012.12.29 ecps92
461.7000 R 82.5 old - MVR Ch.1 (05.2012 still in transition to Pelham) Andover 2012.05.04
461.7000 S 82.5 old - MVR Ch.2 Direct
462.0250 R 82.5 MVR Ch.3 Peterboro (NH) 2012.04.06
462.5500 206.5 MVR Ch.4 Lowell 2012.04.06

Metro Radio System (MRS)

Website
Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
463.8500 R 151.4 MRS Ch.1 Quincy 2015.05.06 N1BHH

Middlesex Radio

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
464.2000 R 100.0 Woburn Ch.1 Woburn 2015.03.07 ecps92



Providence Citywide

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
462.4000 R 91.5 Ch.01 PVD C/W Main 2012.04.29
452.8250 R 167.9 Ch.02 PVD C/W Ops

Rhode Island Breaking News Source

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
471.9125 R 151.4 Scituate 2011.10.01 W1KNE

Rhode Island Statewide

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
471.2125 R 114.8 Ch.01 Main Ops North Scituate 2014.05.07
463.7750 R 167.9 Ch.02 Fireground/Chit Chat West Warwick
451.9125 R 167.9 Regional 2014.05.07
? T LCN LTR Trunk ? 2013.02.21 ecps92

Southern Maine Fire Notification

Frequency Type Tone Alpha Tag Location Confirmation/ReConfirmations
464.8500 R 173.8 ME Buff Ch.1 York ME 2014.07.07 schwab
463.7750 R 74.4 ME Buff Ch.3 Milton NH 2014.07.07 schwab
463.7750 179.9 ME Buff Ch.5 Milton NH
464.8500 241.8 ME Buff Ch.7 York ME
464.8500 R 173.8 ME Buff Ch.9 Waterboro ME 2014.07.07 schwab
464.8500 162.2 ME Buff Ch.10 Waterboro ME
462.5750 R 79.7 ME Buff Ch.11 Amesbury MA 2014.07.07 schwab
463.7750 R 74.4 ME Buff Ch.12 Raymond, ME 2014.07.07 schwab
  • Special thanks to NECRAT/W1KNE and www.necrat.us for the tower photos.