Network shows that Boston was home

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 25 Jan 2004 at 9:08, Paul Hopfgarten wrote:

> I'm not quite old enough to remember Ch 5 carrying NBC and ABC shows in
> there WHDH incarnation. (Wasn't Ch 5 always CBS as WHDH pre 1972?).

No, they were originally affiliated with ABC, and Channel 7 was CBS.  Sometime around 
1961, they became a CBS affiliate, and Channel 7 became ABC. 

For some reason, when WCVB replaced WHDH-TV on Channel 5, CBS decided to switch 
their affiliation back to Channel 7.  This was considered a blow to WCVB at the time, since 
ABC was always the third network, but a few years later, ABC became Number One in the 
national ratings.

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