WBTS-LD

WBTS-LD, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 46), is an NBC owned-and-operated low-powered television station located in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. The station is owned-and-operated by the NBC Owned Television Stations (NBC-OTVS) subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast, and operates a part of a de facto duoploy with Merrimack, New Hampshire-licensed Telemundo owned-and-operated station WNEU (channel 60). The two stations share studio facilities with sister regional cable news channel New England Cable News (NECN) on Wells Avenue in Newton, and its transmitter is located in Needham. The station was officially took effect at 3:00 A.M.ET on January 1, 2017.

Cable and Satellite distributions
On cable and satellite, WBTS-LD is primarily carried on channel 10.

News operation
WBTS-LD presently broadcasts 43 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 7 hours on weekdays, 3 and 1/2 hours on Saturdays and 4 and 1/2 hours on Sundays); in addition, the station produces the half-hour lifestyle program The Hub Today, which airs weekday afternoons at 12:30 P.M. ET, and the weekly half-hour public affairs program This is New England, which airs Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. ET. It also utilizes a news helicopter (SkyRanger), a storm chaser satellite truck (Weather Warrior), mobile weather radar vehicles (StormRanger), a consumer affairs unit (NBC Boston Responds) and an investigative reporting unit (The Investigators).

Notable current on-air staff
 * Phil Lipof
 * J.C. Monahan
 * Shannon Mulaire
 * Nick Emmons
 * Melody Mendez
 * Latoyia Edwards
 * Brian Shactman
 * Audrey Asistio