NBC10 Boston

WBTS-CD

Nashua, New Hampshire Boston, Massachusetts United States
City	Nashua, New Hampshire
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF), shared with WGBX-TV Virtual: 15
Branding	NBC10 Boston
Programming
Affiliations	15.1: NBC 15.2: Cozi TV
Ownership
Owner	NBC Owned Television Stations (NBC Telemundo License LLC)
Sister stations	WNEU NECN NBC Sports Boston
History
Former call signs	W13BG (1985–1996) WYCN-LP (1996–2014) WYCN-CD (2014–2019)
Former names	NBC Boston (2017–2018)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9766
Class	CD
ERP	922 kW
HAAT	388.3 m (1,274 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°18′37″N 71°14′12″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.nbcboston.com

NBC10 Boston (call sign WBTS-CD, channel 15 and cable channel 10) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, owned and operated by the NBC television network. It broadcasts from studios in Needham—shared with NBC Sports Boston, New England Cable News (NECN), and Telemundo station WNEU—and the transmitter of WGBX-TV in the same city.

NBCUniversal, which already owned New England Cable News and WNEU, moved to discontinue its affiliate relationship with WHDH (channel 7) and launch its own owned-and-operated station. After an unsuccessful attempt by WHDH to block the switch, NBC Boston began broadcasting on January 1, 2017, on Boston low-power TV station WBTS-LD and subchannels of WNEU and WMFP; it became NBC10 Boston, reflecting its cable channel number, and moved to its present license in 2018. The change in license gave NBC a full-power signal in Boston.

NBC10 Boston debuted local newscasts from its first day on air, utilizing the resources of the existing NECN–WNEU operation; NBC hired longtime Boston TV meteorologist Pete Bouchard concurrent with the station's launch. It has generally struggled with low local news ratings since its debut.