WCVB Boston

Duke Castiglione will join Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 10) as weekend evening anchor and general assignment reporter beginning in January. He will co-anchor with Nichole Berlie, and will also report […]

If your competitor has the most experienced meteorologists in town, and has marketed that position successfully, you can’t own it. So maybe your best option is to find another position that you can own, one that is unspoken, subtle and not so serious. Here are seven successful weather promotion strategies you can file for a rainy day.

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 9) today promoted Shayna Seymour  to co-anchor of Chronicle with Anthony Everett effective Thursday, May 25. Seymour has been a reporter and producer for WCVB’s award-winning, […]

There’s a new “move it, move it” mandate being preached by the Hearst Boston ABC affiliate’’s top newsroom honcho — but some miffed reporters don’t want to dance along. Paige Harrison, who took over as WCVB’s news director in January, has laid down a harsh edict demanding reporters get expressive during every TV live shot and stand-up.

The new NBC Boston (WBTS) will be making a run at ratings leader WCVB starting on New Year’s Eve, and it is betting big on its weather coverage, which will feature the StormRanger, an armored car-like vehicle with mobile radar that will be deployed at the first sign of a major storm.

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 9) will launch a 4 p.m. newscast, NewsCenter 5 at 4, beginning the week of Nov. 7. NewsCenter 5 at 4 will replace Inside Edition, which […]

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8) is adding Nichole Berlie as weekend evening co-anchor and reporter beginning Wednesday, Sept. 21. She will co-anchor with Reid Lamberty. Berlie joins WCVB from KSDK […]

Diane Cho will join Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8), as a general assignment reporter beginning Monday, July 11. Cho joins WCVB from WJLA Washington. While working for WJLA, Cho […]

David Bienick will join Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8), as a general assignment reporter beginning Wednesday, July 13. Bienick joins WCVB from Hearst’s KCRA Sacramento, Calif., where he has […]

Veteran journalist, Ben Simmoneau, will join Hearst’s ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8) as an anchor-reporter. He and will anchor NewsCenter 5 at 5PM with co-anchor J.C. Monahan as well […]

Maria Stephanos and Ed Harding to co-anchor an hour-long, live newscast on WCVB’s MeTV subchannel.

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8) has hired Shaun Chaiyabhat as a general assignment reporter beginning Monday, Feb. 29. Chaiyabhat has been a reporter and fill-in anchor at WKMG Orlando, […]

Feeling lucky? Lottery-winner hopefuls can tune into Hearst’s ABC affil WCVB Boston (DMA 8) at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13, when WCVB will air the live Powerball drawing worth $1.5 […]

Beginning Jan. 11, the Hearst ABC affiliate will introduce 4:30 and 7 p.m. broadcasts, moving The Ellen DeGenerous Show and Inside Edition to earlier timeslots.

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8), has added investigative reporter Mike Beaudet to its investigative unit, 5 Investigates starting today. As a multimedia investigative journalist, Beaudet will join reporters […]

Hearst-owned ABC affiliate  WCVB Boston (DMA 8) has promoted reporter Reid Lamberty to weekend evening anchor, beginning Jan. 10. Lamberty will co-anchor Saturday evening newscasts with Pam Cross (6-6:30 and […]