WBZ-TV goes multicast

[Richard Chonak]

 From the Radio-With-Pictures department:

For some time, I've been wondering about the status of WBZ-TV as a 
holdout offering only one digital TV channel in its stream, whereas the 
other Boston stations that I can receive here have secondary channels.   
Well, that status has ended.

Channel 4.2 made its Boston soft launch on February 26, airing with a 
13-week stunt of all-binge programming, scheduled to run until May 25 
when the CBS "Decades" channel starts its regular programming.

Variety has an article about the new channel at
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cbs-to-launch-retro-digital-channel-focused-on-pop-culture-history-1201335405/
describing how CBS partnered with Weigel Broadcasting (developer of Me 
TV and This TV) to design the new platform.

--RC