Uploaded October 2007 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
These are the first moments of Boston's WNEV-TV as the station signed on the air May 22, 1982. Until this FCC-mandated change in ownership, Channel 7 had been operated by a single licensee, RKO General, since 1948.
WNEV-TV changed its call letters to WHDH in 1990 when Channel 7's owner acquired WHDH-AM radio. It's interesting to note that WHDH was the call for Boston's original Channel 5 (1957-72).
In 1993, Sunbeam Television of Florida bought Channel 7.
All rights are acknowledged.
These are the first moments of Boston's WNEV-TV as the station signed on the air May 22, 1982. Until this FCC-mandated change in ownership, Channel 7 had been operated by a single licensee, RKO General, since 1948.
WNEV-TV changed its call letters to WHDH in 1990 when Channel 7's owner acquired WHDH-AM radio. It's interesting to note that WHDH was the call for Boston's original Channel 5 (1957-72).
In 1993, Sunbeam Television of Florida bought Channel 7.
All rights are acknowledged.
