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8 unusual facts about WBZ


First Night

Live coverage of the final part of Boston's First Night, including the countdown to midnight and fireworks over Boston Harbor that begin at the stroke of midnight, is broadcast by WBZ-TV.

International Year of the Child

WBZ-TV 4 in Boston, Massachusetts, along with the four other Group W stations, hosted and broadcast a celebratory festival, "Kidsfair" (usually held around Labor Day ever since) from Boston Common.

Jermaine Wiggins

In 2010, Wiggins obtained various positions in Boston sports media outlets such as CSN New England, WBZ, and WHDH.

Unity ISIS

In January 2007, WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts switched to a tapeless system, using a 64-terabyte ISIS system capable of storing 2200 hours of content.

WBMX

WBZ-FM, a radio station (98.5 FM) licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call signs WBMX-FM and WBMX from 1991 to 2009

WBZ

WBZ-TV, a television station (channel 30 digital/4 PSIP)

WBZ-FM

Chris Gasper of the Boston Globe, Paul Perillo of Patriots Football Weekly, and former New England Patriots tight end Jermaine Wiggins make weekly appearances as a third co-host.

Jay Heaps contributed color commentary until his promotion to manager for the 2012 season.


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Bob Lobel

Lobel has also done some play-by-play work, calling WBZ's annual broadcast of the Boston Marathon, Boston Celtics games from 1989–1993, Boston College Eagles football games in 1986, New England Patriots preseason games from 1985–1991, and two NFL games for NBC in 1985.

David Brudnoy

From 1981 to 1986, he appeared on former Top 40 station WRKO, which was now news and talk, before moving to local stalwart WBZ.

On December 8, Brudnoy made his last radio appearance on his show via a deathbed interview with WBZ reporter Gary LaPierre.

Johnny Peirson

Following his retirement, Peirson became a prominent broadcast color analyst for the Bruins, first on WBZ radio with Fred Cusick -- with whom as a player he had done a TV demonstration during one of CBS-TV's short-lived weekly NHL telecasts—then on WSBK television, initially with Don Earle and then for many years with Cusick, who had moved from radio to TV.

Phantom Gourmet

When Phantom Gourmet moved to broadcast television in 2003, CEO David (Dave) Andelman, who also was the show's second host on NECN, tapped WBZ-TV news reporter David Robichaud to serve as host (2003–2005) before turning the job over to his own younger brother, Feedback Forum segment host Dan Andelman, who then became the show's full-time and current host.

Sharyn Alfonsi

Between 2000 and 2003, she worked as a reporter and anchor for WBZ-TV, the CBS-owned station in Boston, where she covered the ongoing Catholic church scandal, the Michael Skakel trial and the The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island.

Uma Pemmaraju

She has also worked at KTVT-11 in Dallas, TX, as a news anchor and correspondent, as well as for WLVI and WBZ-TV in Boston and a tipster/producer for WBZ's Evening Magazine.

WGBX-TV

WGBX-TV first signed on the air on September 25, 1967; its transmitter has been located in Needham (on a broadcast tower that is now operated by CBS Corporation, and is used by some of the Boston markets' commercial television stations, including CBS-owned WBZ-TV), WGBX's current digital transmitter shares the master antenna at the very top of the tower with the commercial stations.


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