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{{Short description|American radio station in Boston}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name                = WBZ
| logo                = WBZ (AM) logo.png
| city                = [[Boston, Massachusetts]]{{efn|Originally licensed to [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]; moved to Boston in 1931.}}
| country             = US
| area                = [[Greater Boston]]
| branding            = WBZ NewsRadio 1030
| frequency           = {{frequency|1030|[[Hertz#SI multiples|kHz]]}}
| repeater            = {{Radio Relay|107.9|[[WXKS-FM|WXKS-FM HD2]]|Medford}}
| airdate             = {{start date and age|1921|09|19|br=y}}
| format              = [[News/talk]]
| language            = [[American English|English]]
| power               = 50,000 watts unlimited
| class               = A
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| facility_id         = 25444
| coordinates         = {{coord|42|16|44.36|N|70|52|32.16|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning    = Randomly assigned by the [[Department of Commerce]]; previously assigned to a cargo ship<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221812&view=1up&seq=51 ''Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States''] (Edition June 30, 1920), ''Santa Elena'', Grace Steamship Co. (WBZ), page 43.</ref> which burned the previous year<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?111053 ''MV Santa Elena''], July 27, 1920,  (www.wrecksite.eu)</ref>
| former_callsigns    =
| former_frequencies  = {{ubl|833 kHz (1921–1922)|750 kHz (1922–1923)|710 kHz (1923)|790 kHz (1923)|890 kHz (1923–1925)|900 kHz (1925–1928)|990 kHz (1928–1941)}}
| affiliations        = {{ubl|[[CBS News Radio]]|[[NBC News Radio]]|[[ABC News Radio]]|[[AP Radio]]}}
| owner               = [[iHeartMedia]]
| licensee            = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations     = {{hlist|[[WBWL (FM)|WBWL]]|[[WJMN (FM)|WJMN]]|[[WRKO]]|[[WXKS (AM)|WXKS]]|[[WXKS-FM]]|[[WZLX]]|[[WZRM]]}}
| webcast             = {{iHeartRadio|wbz-newsradio-1030-7729}}
| website             = {{URL|https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/}}
}}

'''WBZ''' (1030 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a commercial AM radio station, [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Boston, Massachusetts]], and owned and operated by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]<ref>[https://www.insideradio.com/iheart-beasley-bonneville-make-gains-in-entercom-cbs-deal/article_6d52943c-bf26-11e7-af87-3b0f4aa97de2.html "iHeart, Beasley, Bonneville Make Gains In Entercom-CBS Deal"], November 1, 2017 (insideradio.com)</ref><ref name="ri-wbziheartlma">{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Alt 102.9 & KUBE 104.9 Tacoma To Flip Monday|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/121588/alt-102-9-tacoma-flip/|access-date=December 11, 2017|work=RadioInsight|date=December 10, 2017|quote=While iHeart has begun operating 1030 WBZ, 97.7 WKAF, and 100.7 WZLX in the Boston market and Sports "1090 The Fan" KFNQ Seattle via LMA...}}</ref><ref name="fcc-saletoiheartcomplete">{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1774692&Service=AM&Form_id=905&Facility_id=1902|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=December 20, 2017|date=December 19, 2017}}
</ref> Its studios and offices are located on Cabot Road in the Boston suburb of [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]].

WBZ's [[radio format|format]] features [[all-news]] programming most of the day and overnight, and [[talk radio]] programming in the evening. The station's programming is also carried on the second [[HD Radio]] channel of co-owned [[WXKS-FM]].<ref name="ro-wbzonwxkshd2">{{cite news|title=iHM Boston Debuts WBZ Simulcast on WXKS-FM-HD2|url=https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n35014|access-date=December 20, 2017|work=Radio Online|date=December 19, 2017}}</ref> WBZ is the designated Primary Entry Point (PEP) for the [[Emergency Alert System]] (EAS) in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

WBZ is a [[clear-channel station]] (officially classified as [[List of North American broadcast station classes#AM|Class A]]), with a transmitter power output of 50,000 watts, and employing a [[directional antenna]] that sends a majority of its signal westward. Its [[Tower array|two-tower array]] and [[transmitter]] site are in [[Hull, Massachusetts]]. WBZ can be heard during daylight hours throughout much of [[New England]]. Its nighttime signal covers at least 38 American states and much of Eastern Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How To Get Around MIT|url=https://web.mit.edu/21w785/F98/HTG/mediaC.html|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=web.mit.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 14, 2021|title=Jordan Rich: From the airwaves to the pages of a book|url=https://www.lowellsun.com/2021/02/14/from-the-airwaves-to-the-pages-of-a-book|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=Lowell Sun|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush|url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090112/nerw.html|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=fybush.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TPR : The Public's Radio : TPR|url=https://thepublicsradio.org/episode/theec-skywave-propagation|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=thepublicsradio.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Dan|date=January 28, 2004|title=No-shout Zone|url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/print-category/departments/|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=CommonWealth Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>

WBZ was granted its first license by the [[United States Department of Commerce]] on September 15, 1921, and was originally located in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], before moving to Boston in 1931. It is the oldest broadcasting station in New England, and one of the oldest in the United States. It was founded, and owned for most of its existence, by [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]] and its successor [[CBS Radio]].

==Programming==
WBZ has long been one of the highest-rated stations in the Boston area.<ref name="cbs-ratings">{{cite press release|title=CBS Radio Stations Win Four NAB Marconi Awards|publisher=[[CBS Radio]]|date=October 1, 2010|url=http://cbsradio.com/press/cbs-radio-stations-win-four-nab-marconi-awards/|access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> It is an [[network affiliate|affiliate]] of [[CBS News Radio]], as well as [[NBC News Radio]], [[ABC News Radio]], and [[AP Radio]] for national and international news as well as some features. The bulk of the station's schedule, except some weekend programming, is produced in-house. WBZ is heavily involved in charitable work, including its annual Christmastime fund drive for the [[Boston Children's Hospital]], which it does along with TV station [[WBZ-TV]].

WBZ runs an [[all-news]] format during the day and overnight. In the evening, it airs [[talk radio|talk programming]]. Radio personality [[Dan Rea]] hosts an interview and call-in show on weeknights, with other hosts on weekend evenings. The station had been the home of talk host [[David Brudnoy]] for 18 years, until the day before his death in 2004. Other past personalities included talk show host Bob Kennedy, poet/radio host Dick Summer, and disc jockeys [[Bruce Bradley (radio personality)|Bruce Bradley]], Jeff Kaye, and Ron Landry.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wjma.radiohistory.net/WJMA%20Ron%20Landry%20tribute%20page.htm|title=Ron Landry Tribute|work=wjma.radiohistory.net|access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> WBZ also featured shows from Larry Justice, [[jazz]] DJ-turned-talkmaster Norm Nathan, late-night talker and humorist [[Larry Glick]], and morning hosts Carl DeSuze, [[Tom Bergeron]], and Dave Maynard. For decades, WBZ was the radio home of Boston meteorologist [[Don Kent (meteorologist)|Don Kent]].

==History==
In November 1920, the [[Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company]] established its first broadcasting station, [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]], located in its plant in [[East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. The station was set up to promote the sale of Westinghouse radio receivers.  This initial station proved successful, so in 1921 the company expanded its activities by building three additional stations, beginning with WBZ, and followed by [[WABC (AM)|WJZ]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]] (now WABC in New York City), and [[KYW (AM)|KYW]], originally in Chicago, and now in [[Philadelphia]].

===1921–1931: Springfield===
Westinghouse's application included the request "Please assign call letters KDKS if possible". However, the requested call sign was assigned to a ship named ''Salvor'',<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxhh8g&seq=714 "New Stations]", ''Radio Service Bulletin'', December 1, 1920, page 2.</ref> so the station's first license, issued September 15, 1921, was randomly assigned the call letters WBZ.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WBZ_-_first_licence_-_September_15,_1921.pdf First WBZ license (issued September 15, 1921)] Limited Commercial license, serial #224, issued to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Springfield, Massachusetts for a three month period. A separate "Experimental" license with the call sign 1XAE was issued at the same time.</ref> WBZ initially transmitted on a [[wavelength]] of 375 meters (800&nbsp;kHz),<ref>"Radio Phone Program", ''Fall River (Massachusetts) Evening News'', November 22, 1921, page 7.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OBp4sUURqKQC&pg=PA145-IA22 "With The Radiophone Folks"], ''QST'', January 1922, page 29.</ref> before moving to 360 meters (833&nbsp;kHz) with a power of 100 watts.<ref name=hmr-wbzastart /> It was located at the company's [[East Springfield, Springfield, Massachusetts|East Springfield]] facility on Page Boulevard. WBZ's inaugural program on September 19 was a [[remote broadcast]] originating from the [[Eastern States Exposition]] in [[West Springfield, Massachusetts|West Springfield]].<ref name="bostonradio-earlyhistory">{{cite web|last=Halper|first=Donna L.|author-link=Donna Halper|title=WBZ's Early History|url=https://www.bostonradio.org/stations/wbz-hist.html|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|date=January 2, 2001|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref>

When WBZ began operations, there were no specific government standards for what constituted a broadcasting station. A small number of stations were already providing regularly scheduled entertainment broadcasts, most of which operated under Amateur or Experimental licenses. (A prime example was the American Radio & Research Corporation's experimental station, 1XE in [[Medford, Massachusetts#Neighborhoods|Medford Hillside, Massachusetts]], near Boston, which was relicensed in early 1922 as [[WGI (radio station)|WGI]].) Effective December 1, 1921, the U.S. government formally established regulations to define a broadcasting station, by setting aside two wavelengths—360 meters for entertainment, and 485 meters (619&nbsp;kHz) for official weather and other government reports—and requiring the stations to hold a Limited Commercial license.<ref name="regs">[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066705633&view=1up&seq=200  "Miscellaneous: Amendments to Regulations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', January 3, 1922, page 10. Limited Commercial licenses had been issued since the government had begun licensing stations in 1912. "Broadcasting" was added as one of the available service categories, and not all Limited Commercial stations were authorized to make broadcasts intended for the general public.</ref>

WBZ was one of a handful of stations which already met the new standard, and its initial license was the first Limited Commercial license that had specified broadcasting on the 360-meter wavelength that would be formally designated by the December 1 regulations. By some interpretations, this made WBZ America's first broadcasting station,<ref>[https://archive.org/details/heinlradiobusin1934hein_0/page/n738/mode/1up "Which is America's Oldest Broadcasting Station?"] by Robert D Heinl, ''Heinl Radio Business Letter'', October 19, 1934, pages 6-8.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hilliard |first=Robert |date=2010 |title=The Broadcast Century and Beyond |publisher=Focal Press |page=25 |isbn=978-0-240-81236-6}}</ref> and in 1923 the Department of Commerce, referring to WBZ, stated that "The first broadcasting license was issued in September, 1921".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mbZPX070GUsC&pg=RA3-PA221 "Bureau of Navigation: Radio Communication"], ''Report of the Secretary of Commerce'', July 1, 1923, page 221.</ref> However, WBZ's priority is not widely recognized,<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002666587&view=1up&seq=255 "Sec. 122. Westinghouse Opens Station WBZ"], ''History of Radio to 1926'' by Gleason L. Archer, 1938, pages 215–216.</ref> when compared to other stations with earlier heritages, in particular KDKA, [[WWJ (AM)|WWJ]] in Detroit, and KQW in [[San Jose, California]] (now [[KCBS (AM)|KCBS]] in San Francisco).

[[File:WBZ radio studio - 1922.jpg|thumb|Maude Gray, Prima Donna of the Aborn Musical Comedy Co., performing at WBZ (1922)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7JZQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA19-PA17 "Ampico in the Knabe Heard Over Half of U.&nbsp;S. Through Station WBZ at Springfield, Mass."], ''The Music Trades'', November 17, 1922, page 17.</ref>]]
By early 1922, WBZ's studios were set up at the luxurious [[Hotel Kimball]] in [[Metro Center, Springfield, Massachusetts|Metro Center]] Springfield.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> Programs consisted of general entertainment and information, including live music (often classical and opera), sports, farm reports, special events, and public affairs programming.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> Despite being housed in Springfield's top hotel, the station's location in a mid-sized city rendered it somewhat difficult to attract top-flight artists.<ref name="hmr-wbzastart">{{cite web|last=Mishkind|first=Barry|title=WBZ and WBZA in Boston – Springfield|url=https://www.hammondmuseumofradio.org/wbz.html|publisher=Hammond Museum of Radio|date=February 10, 2004|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> That prompted Westinghouse to open a remote studio on February 24, 1924, at the Hotel Brunswick in Boston.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> Because of its wide reach, the station often referred to itself as "WBZ New England", as opposed to associating itself solely with Springfield or Boston.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory />

Following the opening of the Boston studio, WBZ expanded its news programming via a partnership with the [[Boston Herald|''Boston Herald'' and ''Traveler'']] newspapers,<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> and carried pro and college sports broadcasts, including [[Boston Bruins]] hockey, [[Boston Braves]] baseball, and [[Harvard Crimson football]].<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> WBZ's Bruins broadcasts, which began in early December 1924, made it the first Boston station to broadcast a professional hockey game; the first play-by-play announcer for the hockey broadcasts was local sportswriter [[Frank Ryan (sportscaster)|Frank Ryan]].<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1924-12-03/ed-1/seq-35/ "Hockey Contests to be Broadcast"], ''Washington (DC) Evening Star'', December 3, 1924, p. 35.</ref> Its broadcast of the Boston Braves' home opener on April 14, 1925, made WBZ the first Boston station to broadcast a local major league baseball game;<ref>"WBZ to Broadcast Baseball Opener," ''Boston Herald'', April 14, 1925: 7.</ref> the announcer was comedian (and baseball fan) [[Joe E. Brown]].<ref>"Through the Static," ''New Britain (Connecticut) Daily Herald'', April 15, 1925, p. 18.</ref>

[[File:WBZA towers on roof of Hotel Statler, Boston, Boston Herald-Traveler, c. June 1927, from the Digital Commonwealth - 1 22 10 001271 0002.jpg|thumb|WBZA towers on roof of the Hotel Statler, Boston, in 1927]]
WBZ increased its transmitter power to 2,000 watts by April 1925.<ref name="rsb525">{{cite web|title=Radio Service Bulletin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221817&view=1up&seq=571|publisher=United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation|access-date=October 30, 2016|page=9|date=May 1, 1925}}</ref>  But the station still had difficulty reaching Boston listeners.<ref name=hmr-wbzastart /> This led Westinghouse to inaugurate, on August 20, 1925, a 250-watt relay station, WBZA, located in Boston and transmitting on 1240&nbsp;kHz.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /><ref name="wbz-20shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1920s|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2010/03/14/wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1920s//|work=CBS Boston|author=Donna L. Halper|date=March 14, 2010|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> Efforts were soon made to change WBZA to a synchronous repeater, transmitting on the same frequency as WBZ, 900&nbsp;kHz, but the process proved difficult, as the two transmitters often interfered with each other, even in Boston. For nearly a year, while the technology was being perfected, WBZA shifted between the two transmitting frequencies, before finally going to full-time synchronous operation in June 1926.<ref name=hmr-wbzastart />

The power of the WBZ transmitter in East Springfield continued to be boosted. On March 31, 1926, it was granted permission to operate with 5,000 watts.<ref name=wbz-20shistory /> By 1927, it was operating with 15,000 watts.<ref name="bostonradio-wbz15kw">{{cite web|first=Donna L.|last=Halper|url=https://www.bostonradio.org/timeline/timeline-20s.html|title=The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|date=January 2, 2001|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> Meanwhile, a combination of WBZ's growth and continued difficulties with the WBZA signal led the station to move its Boston studio to the [[Statler Hotel]] (now the [[Boston Park Plaza]]) on June 1, 1927,<ref name=wbz-20shistory /> and activate a new WBZA transmitter on June 9.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> On November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the [[Federal Radio Commission]]'s (FRC) [[General Order 40]], WBZ and WBZA were assigned exclusive national use of a "clear channel" frequency, 990&nbsp;kHz.<ref name=wbz-20shistory />

Amidst the technical changes, WBZ began sharing its programs by network with other radio stations. By 1925, it often shared programs with [[WABC (AM)|WJZ]] in New York City (which was transferred from Westinghouse to the [[Radio Corporation of America]] in May 1923), and a WBZ program commemorating the 150th anniversary of [[Paul Revere]]'s "Midnight Ride" was also fed to [[WTEM|WRC]] in Washington, D.C., and [[WGY (AM)|WGY]] in [[Schenectady, New York]].<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> This paved the way for the station to become a charter affiliate of the [[National Broadcasting Company]] (NBC) on November 15, 1926, carrying the WJZ-originated [[NBC Blue Network]] beginning on January 1, 1927.<ref name=wbz-20shistory /><ref name="tba-wbzblue">{{cite web|last=Mishkind|first=Barry|title=The NBC section|url=https://www.oldradio.com/archives/prog/nbc.htm|work=The Broadcast Archive|access-date=April 10, 2011|date=December 6, 2009}}</ref> With this change the station began running commercials for the first time.  Previously Westinghouse had financed its stations through the profits from radio receiver sales. During this time, the station became known for having its own troupe of actors and actresses who produced and performed live radio plays: the "WBZ Players" made their radio debut in the spring of 1928,<ref>Walter Gordon. "Behind the Scenes with the WBZ Players." ''Springfield (MA) Republican'', July 1, 1928, p. 6C.</ref> and continued into the 1930s.

===1931–1956: NBC affiliation===
[[file:WBZ-WBZA advertisement (1954).gif|thumb|Until 1962, 1,000 watt WBZA in Springfield, Massachusetts, also  on 1030 kHz, relayed WBZ's 50,000 watt signal<ref>[https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele47unse/page/n592/mode/1up WBZ-WBZA] (advertisement), ''Broadcasting'', August 9, 1954, page 15.</ref>]]
By 1931, Westinghouse had concluded that WBZ's primary market was Boston, so on February 21 the station began using a new transmitter site located at [[Millis, Massachusetts]].<ref name="wbz-30shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1930s|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1930s/|work=CBS Boston|date=March 14, 2010|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name="rsb331">{{cite book|title=Radio Service Bulletin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221819&view=1up&seq=400|publisher=U. S. Department of Commerce Radio Division|access-date=October 30, 2016|page=12|date=March 31, 1931}}</ref>  The site was chosen to provide service not only to Boston but also to [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] and [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name="tsotw-wbzmillis">{{cite web|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=WBZ: 65 Years in Hull, part I|url=https://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-050805.html|work=Tower Site of the Week|date=August 5, 2005|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> At the same time WBZA was transferred from Boston to using the East Springfield transmitter, which now operated with 1,000 watts and relayed WBZ's programming to an area that was inadequately served by the Millis transmitter.<ref name="rsb631">{{cite book|title=Radio Service Bulletin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221819&view=1up&seq=470|publisher=U. S. Department of Commerce Radio Division|access-date=October 30, 2016|page=22|date=June 30, 1931}}</ref><ref name="tsotw-wbzaspringfield">{{cite web|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=WBZ at Eighty|url=https://www.fybush.com/site-010919.html|work=Tower Site of the Week|date=September 19, 2001|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref>

The Boston studios (which now served as WBZ's main studios) moved as well, relocating on July 1, 1931, to the Hotel Bradford.<ref name=wbz-30shistory />  (Some programs continued to originate from the WBZA Springfield studios at the Hotel Kimball.)<ref name=tsotw-wbzaspringfield /> WBZ offered its first [[Boston Marathon]] coverage on April 19, 1931.<ref name="bg-wbz1stbm">{{cite news|last=Griffith|first=Bill|title=As always, stations will cover a lot of ground|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2005/04/15/as_always_stations_will_cover_a_lot_of_ground/|access-date=April 11, 2011|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=April 15, 2005}}</ref> The following year, Westinghouse leased WBZ and WBZA to NBC, while maintaining ownership of the broadcast licenses.<ref name="bostonradio-wbznbclease">{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonradio.org/timeline/|title=The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref> During the late 1930s, WBZ began to offer more local news coverage.  Previously, only major events were regularly covered.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory />

[[File:WBZ 1030 transmitter and World's End, February 2012.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the Hull transmitter site]]
NBC's management of WBZ and WBZA ended on July 1, 1940, and Westinghouse resumed full control over the stations.<ref name="b-nbcleaseend">{{cite news|title=Westinghouse Takes Over Management And Operation of Four Stations July 1|url=https://archive.org/details/broadcasting19unse/page/n29/mode/1up|page=20|access-date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=July 1, 1940}}</ref> Shortly afterward, on July 27,<ref name="wbz-40shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1940s|url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/the-history-of-wbz-radio/content/2017-11-17-wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1940s/|work=CBS Boston|access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref> WBZ relocated its transmitter site once more, to its current location in Hull.<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis />  A directional antenna array was constructed, consisting of two 520-foot- (160-meter) tall towers.<ref>[https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=109231 Antenna Structure Registration #1003436] (fcc.gov)</ref> The move was twofold: the Millis site, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Boston, had not provided as strong a signal to the market as was intended,<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis /> even after power increases to 25,000 watts in 1931 and 50,000 watts in 1933.<ref name=bostonradio-earlyhistory /> A key disadvantage of the Millis site was that the signal had to travel over land to Boston.  In contrast the Hull site featured a highly conductive salt water path to the city.<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis />

The Hull site also provided ample space for WBZ's shortwave station,<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis /> which had been founded at Springfield as W1XAZ in November 1929.<ref name=wbz-20shistory /> It later operated from Millis as W1XK, ultimately becoming WBOS.<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis /> WPIT, the shortwave station operated by KDKA in Pittsburgh, moved its transmitters to Hull at this time, and in 1941 its operations were folded into WBOS.<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis /> The shortwave transmitters soon began carrying government-provided programming (a service that ultimately evolved into the [[Voice of America]]) that would remain the shortwave station's primary function until leaving the air permanently in 1953.<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis /> The Hull site would also serve as the home for WBZ's first [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[sister station]], which operated from there as W1XK, W67B, and then WBZ-FM on several frequencies off and on from November 7, 1940, until November 21, 1948.<ref name="hab-wbzfmhull">{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Jeff|title=Earliest FM Radio Stations|url=https://jeff560.tripod.com/fmfirst.html|work=History of American Broadcasting|access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref>

Under the provisions of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]], on March 29, 1941, WBZ's "clear channel" assignment was shifted to its present frequency, 1030&nbsp;kHz.<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis /> WBZ transferred from the Blue Network to the [[NBC Red Network]] on June 15, 1942.<ref name=wbz-40shistory /><ref>{{cite news|title=Red Letter Day in Boston|url=https://archive.org/details/broadcasting22unse/page/n1427/mode/2up|access-date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=Broadcasting|date=June 8, 1942|pages=38–39}}</ref>  This allowed the station to retain a link with NBC after the [[US Justice Department|Justice Department]] ordered NBC to divest one of its two radio networks. (It opted to sell the Blue Network, which became ABC, the [[American Broadcasting Company]].) Like other major-market network-affiliated radio stations of the time, WBZ broadcast a few hours of local programming, including [[Vaudeville]]-like musical performances from Max Zides, Tom Currier, and others, during those hours when NBC was not feeding programs to affiliates.

The station expanded into television on June 9, 1948, when [[WBZ-TV]] (channel 4) first [[signed on]] as an NBC television affiliate. Westinghouse built new studios at 1170 [[Soldiers Field Road]] in the [[Allston]] section of Boston to house both the radio and television stations, with the new facility opening on June 17 of that year. (Parts of the new facility containing the master control and TV transmitter had already been in use).<ref name=wbz-40shistory /> The transmission tower built at the studios for WBZ-TV would replace the Hull site as WBZ-FM's transmitter.<ref name=tsotw-wbzmillis />  It remained there until [[Hurricane Carol]] destroyed the tower on August 31, 1954.<ref name="br-wbzfmdestroyed">{{cite web|title=The Boston Radio Dial: WBOS(FM)|url=https://www.bostonradio.org/stations/23439|date=August 16, 2009|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref>  A power outage caused by the storm disrupted WBZ's programming for three minutes.<ref name="bt-wbzcarol">{{cite news|title='Carol' Storms Through New England Toppling One TV, Ten Radio Towers|url=https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele47unse/page/n1105/mode/1up|page=52|access-date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=Broadcasting-Telecasting|date=September 6, 1954}}</ref> [[Don Kent (meteorologist)|Don Kent]] started as a [[meteorologist]] at the station in 1951, for a tenure that would endure for over three decades.<ref name="wbz-50shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1950s|url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/the-history-of-wbz-radio/content/2017-11-17-wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1950s/|work=CBS Boston|access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref> The following year, WBZ expanded its broadcasting schedule to 24-hour-a-day programming.<ref name=wbz-50shistory/>

===1956–1985: becoming a full-service powerhouse===
During the 1950s, entertainment shows began moving to television, with the amount of music programming on radio increasing as a result. After three decades, WBZ, along with all but one of the other [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]] stations ([[KEX (AM)|KEX]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], was affiliated with [[ABC Radio Network|ABC]]), ended their affiliations with NBC Radio on August 26, 1956, following a dispute over the network's daytime programming.<ref name="bt-wbznonbc">{{cite news|title=NBC Scores Westinghouse's Quitting, Starts Actively Seeking Replacements|url=https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele51unse/page/n230/mode/1up|page=7|access-date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=Broadcasting-Telecasting|date=July 16, 1956}}</ref>  That prompted the station to program [[middle of the road music]] around the clock. The best known host in WBZ's history, [[Dave Maynard]], joined the station in 1958.<ref name=wbz-50shistory/> Another beloved WBZ host was Carl DeSuze, who joined WBZ in April 1942.<ref name=wbz-40shistory /> He remained at the station until 1985.<ref name="wbz-80shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1980s|url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/the-history-of-wbz-radio/content/2017-11-17-wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1980s/|work=CBS Boston|access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref> DeSuze was the station's morning man for over three decades. Another popular WBZ voice was longtime news anchor [[Gary LaPierre]], who began at the station in September 1964.<ref name="wbz-60shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1960s|url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/the-history-of-wbz-radio/content/2017-11-17-wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1960s/|work=CBS Boston|access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref>

At the outset, WBZ's [[full service (radio format)|full-service]] radio format leaned toward [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] music, but also featuring an increasing amount of [[rock and roll]]. Within a few years, after the demise of [[top 40]] on WCOP (1150 AM, now [[WWDJ]]) in 1962 and with [[WMEX (AM)|WMEX]] (1510 AM) as the lone top 40 in Boston, WBZ switched to a full-time top 40 format.<ref name="br-history">{{cite web|title=The Boston Radio Dial: WBZ(AM)|date=August 13, 2009|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/stations/25444|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref>  The combination of hit music, popular hosts (such as evening DJ [[Bruce Bradley (radio personality)|"Juicy Brucie" Bradley]] who did the daily top-10 countdown), powerful signal, and top-notch news coverage, made WBZ the dominant radio station in the market. It continued to run public affairs programming including "Shape-up Boston," "Stomp Smoking" and the 1969 "T-Group 15," a project produced by public affairs director [[Jerry Wishnow]] in which nine black and white school-decentralization activists in a room for 22 hours with microphones and cameras until compromises were reached. The edited broadcast included four hours of audience reaction with the participants and was aired on WBZ for 15 hours without commercials.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=Newsweek| date=January 13, 1969| title=The Boston Marathon}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Broadcast-Engineering/BME/BME-1980-05.pdf| journal=Broadcast Management Engineering| title=Public Affairs Mixes Public And Private | date=May 1980| access-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref>

WBZ re-established an FM station on December 15, 1957, transmitting from the brand new WBZ-TV tower in Needham, operating at 106.7 [[MHz]].<ref name="bt-wbzfmrestart">{{cite news|title=WBZ-FM Makes Bow on 106.7 Mc|url=https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele53unse_0/page/n1477/mode/1up|page=60|access-date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=Broadcasting-Telecasting|date=December 23, 1957}}</ref>  This incarnation of WBZ-FM provided limited [[simulcast]]s of the AM station and largely had its own programming, including [[classical music]] and Ed Beech's ''Just Jazz'' program from [[WLTW|WRVR]] in New York City. The station remained in mono through this period, but beginning on December 31, 1971, an [[automated]] top 40 format was launched in stereo, apparently in an attempt to blunt the popularity of [[WRKO]] (680 AM). WBZ-FM was sold by Group W (which Westinghouse had rebranded its broadcasting division in 1963) to [[Greater Media]] in 1981, ultimately becoming [[WMJX]].<ref name="br-2ndwbzfm">{{cite web|title=The Boston Radio Dial: WMJX(FM)|date=August 16, 2009|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/stations/25052|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref>

WBZA continued to serve Springfield with a simulcast of WBZ's programming until July 1962, when the East Springfield transmitter was shut down to allow Westinghouse to purchase [[WINS (AM)|WINS]] in New York City, as the company already owned seven AM radio stations — the maximum allowed by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) at that time.<ref name="b-wbzaclosed">{{cite news|title=WBZA is no more|url=https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele63unse/page/n503/mode/1up|page=46|access-date=October 30, 2016|newspaper=Broadcasting|date=August 6, 1962}}</ref> The closure of WBZA ended over 40 years of transmission from East Springfield. The towers continued to stand atop the former Westinghouse plant in East Springfield for five more decades, until their removal on November 5, 2011, to accommodate redevelopment at the site of the factory.<ref name="wbz-towersremoved">{{cite news|title=Original 90-Year-Old WBZ Radio Towers Taken Down In Springfield|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/original-90-year-old-wbz-radio-towers-taken-down-in-springfield/|access-date=November 7, 2011|newspaper=CBS Boston|date=November 6, 2011}}</ref><ref name="aa-towersdown">{{cite news|title=Original WBZ Towers Come Down|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/98648/original-wbz-towers-come-down|access-date=November 7, 2011|newspaper=All Access|date=November 7, 2011}}</ref> By then, they were among the oldest broadcast facilities still standing.<ref name="rw-wbzastillstanding">{{cite web|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Where Are the Oldest Tower Sites?|url=http://www.radioworld.com/article/where-are-the-oldest-tower-sites/9|date=August 15, 2007|work=[[Radio World]]|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref>

Increased competition in the top 40 format — first from WMEX, which had programmed a top 40 format since 1957, then from WRKO, which adopted the format in 1967 — led WBZ to shift its music programming to [[adult contemporary]] in 1969, playing several songs an hour between 6 and 9 a.m. (though it was not unheard of for Carl DeSuze to play only one, if any, song an hour during his show), 10 to 12 songs an hour between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 4 to 6 songs an hour between 4 and 7 p.m. At night, WBZ programmed [[Talk radio|talk shows]], with such hosts as Guy Mainella, a pioneer in [[sports talk]].<ref name="tbg-casstartandend">{{cite news|last=Griffith|first=Bill|title=Mainella was right guy for 'Calling All Sports'|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8025398.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105213644/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8025398.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2011| edition = Third| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  | id={{ProQuest|405434339}} |newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=December 7, 2001}} (subscription content preview)</ref> Also heard were [[Jerry Williams (radio)|Jerry Williams]] in the evenings and [[Larry Glick]]'s overnight show (the latter two held the same popular shifts at WMEX years earlier). Music was programmed during the day on weekends. This format was similar to sister station KDKA in Pittsburgh. By 1978, Mainella, who had been the host of ''Calling All Sports'' since its inception on July 15, 1969,<ref name=wbz-60shistory /><ref name=tbg-casstartandend/> had been replaced with [[Bob Lobel]] and [[Upton Bell]].<ref name="wbz-70shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1970s|url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/the-history-of-wbz-radio/content/2017-11-17-wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1970s/|work=CBS Boston|access-date=April 16, 2011}}</ref> For much of its time as a full-service AC, WBZ used the slogan "The Spirit of New England" (made famous by a 1988 [[JAM Creative Productions]] jingle package of the same name).

Beginning in the late 1960s, WBZ made a major push into live play-by-play sports. From 1966 through 1979, and again from 1991 through 1994, WBZ was home to radio broadcasts of [[New England Patriots]] [[American football|football]]. This brought [[Gil Santos]] to the station.<ref name=wbz-60shistory/> In the fall of 1969, WBZ regained the radio rights to the Boston Bruins<ref name=wbz-60shistory/> (which it had lost in 1951), and began carrying [[Boston Celtics]] basketball. The Bruins stayed through the 1977–78 season. The Celtics left WBZ after the team's 1980-81 [[NBA]] Championship season. During the years when the Bruins and Celtics were both on WBZ and both playing at the same time, one of them (usually the Celtics) would be heard on WBZ-FM. WBZ broadcast the [[United States Football League]]'s [[Portland Breakers|Boston Breakers]] during the 1983 season (its lone season in Boston).<ref name="usflinfo-wbzbreakers">{{cite web|title=Boston/New Orleans/Portland Breakers Trivia|url=http://www.usfl.info/breakers/trivia.html|work=USFL.info|access-date=April 17, 2011}}</ref> Also heard were [[Boston College Eagles football]] from 1987<ref name="tbg-wbzeaglesfootball">{{cite news|last=Craig|first=Jack|title=BC shifts to WBZ; Bell, Lobel out|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8025398.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105213644/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8025398.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2011|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=August 29, 1987}} (subscription content preview)</ref> through 1991.<ref name="tbg-wbznoeagles">{{cite news|last=Craig|first=Jack|title=BC football moves to WEEI|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8732226.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105213714/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8732226.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2011|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=March 3, 1992}} (subscription content preview)</ref> Starting in 1972, WBZ's football broadcasts featured the play-by-play team of Gil Santos and [[Gino Cappelletti]].<ref name=wbz-70shistory /><ref name=usflinfo-wbzbreakers /><ref name=tbg-wbzeaglesfootball />

During the 1970s, WBZ was one of a number of [[Clear-channel stations|clear channel]] AM stations that petitioned to be allowed to increase their power.  WBZ would have used 500,000 watts transmitting from [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]], to reach all of New England during the day. A backlash from smaller stations led to the petition being denied and station protections limited to a 750-mile radius.<ref name=br-history/>

WBZ became an affiliate of [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]] on January 1, 1980;<ref name=wbz-80shistory/> ABC was the descendant of the Blue Network, which WBZ had dropped 38 years earlier. The ABC affiliation allowed the station to begin airing [[Paul Harvey]]'s daily broadcasts, which were previously heard in Boston on WEZE (1260 AM, now [[WBIX]]) and, later, [[Emerson College#Student radio|WECB]], the [[carrier current]] station at [[Emerson College]].<ref name="nerw-wbzphadd">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=A Great Voice is Stilled|url=https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090302/nerw.html|access-date=April 17, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=March 2, 2009}}</ref> Later in the year, a schedule shuffle ended Carl DeSuze's run on the morning show (which was taken over by Dave Maynard), and he was moved to middays; the overnight show was then taken over by Bob Raleigh,<ref name=wbz-80shistory /> who had been WBZ's midday host since June 1976.<ref name=wbz-70shistory /> ''Calling All Sports'' was also dropped in favor of an early evening talk show, hosted at various points by [[David Finnegan]], Lou Marcel, and [[Peter Meade]].<ref name="gs-wbzearlyeveninghosts">{{cite web|last=Pollard|first=George|title=Muck Made Meyer|url=http://www.grubstreet.ca/articles/index/1089/grub-street-interview-ken-meyer-muck-made-meyer|work=Grub Street|access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref> Former overnight host Larry Glick was moved first into late evenings and then into afternoons,<ref name="bg-larryglick80sslots">{{cite web|title=Larry Glick obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=larry-glick&pid=125504220|work=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref> and ultimately left the station in May 1987.<ref name=wbz-80shistory />

===1985–2003: becoming a news/talk station===
Late in 1985, ''[[American Top 40]]'' moved to WBZ from WROR (98.5 FM, now [[WBZ-FM]]); it would remain on WBZ until the program moved to WZOU (94.5 FM, now [[WJMN (FM)|WJMN]]) in 1988. Other music programming on WBZ was cut back during the 1980s; for instance, an expanded afternoon news block was launched on December 2, 1985.<ref name=wbz-80shistory/> The following year, [[David Brudnoy]] began to host the station's late-evening talk show.<ref name=wbz-80shistory/> In June 1990, WBZ announced that it would replace Brudnoy with [[Tom Snyder]]'s ABC Radio talk show,<ref name="tbg-brudnoytosnyder">{{cite news|last=Bickelhaupt|first=Susan|title=WBZ lets Brudnoy go|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8180479.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105213857/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8180479.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=June 27, 1990}} (subscription content preview)</ref> with his last show airing July 13;<ref name="tbg-lastbrudnoy1990">{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Jack|title=A rare gentleman leaves 'BZ tomorrow|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8182577.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105213922/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8182577.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=July 16, 2017|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=July 12, 1990}} (subscription content preview)</ref> listener complaints<ref name="tbg-snydercomplaints">{{cite news|last=Bickelhaupt|first=Susan|title=Brudnoy tight-lipped about 'BZ talks|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8189265.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011183103/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8189265.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2017|access-date=July 16, 2017|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=August 28, 1990}} (subscription content preview)</ref> led the station to return Brudnoy to the air by the end of September.<ref name="tbg-brudnoyreturn">{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Jack|title=Brudnoy plans a classic comeback at WBZ|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8191620.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105213947/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8191620.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2011|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=September 13, 1990}} (subscription content preview)</ref>

WBZ continued its full-service AC format—by this point featuring four songs an hour<ref name="rr-wbzbostonsnewsstation">{{cite news |title=Street Talk |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-03-08.pdf#page=28|access-date=August 25, 2018 |work=[[Radio & Records]] |date=March 8, 1991 |page=24 }}</ref>—until January 1991, when [[Gulf War]] coverage led the station to stop playing music on a regular basis and pivot to news and talk full-time,<ref name=br-history /><ref name="tbg-wbznomusic">{{cite news|last=Bickelhaupt|first=Susan|title=War knocks music off WBZ's programming|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7644914.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021233116/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7644914.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 21, 2013|access-date=April 16, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |date=January 25, 1991}} (subscription content preview)</ref> joining WRKO and WHDH (850 AM, now [[WEEI (AM)|WEEI]]) in the format.<ref name="rr-wbzmusicend">{{cite news |title=The Day The Music Died |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-07-14.pdf#page=50 |access-date=December 8, 2022 |work=[[Radio & Records]] |date=July 14, 2000 |pages=48, 50}}</ref> Program director David Bernstein, upon hearing the news of the war's start, ordered the on-duty engineer to remove the music carousel from the studio, vowing that "This station will never play music again." Even before the war, Bernstein had been considering dropping music from WBZ, theorizing that the station's listeners were listening for the personalities and not the songs.<ref name="rr-wbzmusicend"/> Separately, morning show producer Bill Flaherty and morning host Tom Bergeron also concluded that it was not appropriate for WBZ to play music in the midst of the war.<ref name="bbj-wbzmusicend">{{cite news |last1=Seiffert |first1=Don |title=From 'Sound of Silence' to killing the music to TikTok: WBZ at 100 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2021/09/17/at-100-years-wbz-relfects-sound-of-silence-tiktok.html |access-date=December 8, 2022 |work=[[Boston Business Journal]] |date=September 17, 2021}}</ref> The format change became permanent on March 4, 1991; concurrently, WBZ began promoting itself as "Boston's News Station",<ref name="rr-wbzbostonsnewsstation"/> positioning the station as the primary competitor for [[all-news]] station WEEI (590 AM, now [[WEZE]]).<ref name="rr-wbzmusicend"/> WBZ has, from time to time, played music on special occasions even after the change to news/talk; the station still offered 24 hours of [[Christmas music]] beginning on Christmas Eve through 1995, and it carried the audio of the [[Boston Pops]]' [[Fourth of July]] concert and fireworks display from 2003<ref name="tbg-wbzpops">{{cite news|last=Simon|first=Clea|title=WBZ expands Fourth coverage|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7898944.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106054611/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7898944.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|access-date=June 25, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=June 30, 2005}} (subscription content preview)</ref> through 2016. Additionally, WBZ, along with sister stations WODS (103.3 FM, now [[WBGB (FM)|WBGB]]) and [[WZLX]] (100.7 FM), carried the [[Beatles]] ''[[Let It Be... Naked]]'' album premiere on November 13, 2003.<ref name="mw-wbzlibn">{{cite news|last=Bachman|first=Katy|title=Infinity Will Let It Be With Beatles Telecast|url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2024249|access-date=April 16, 2011|newspaper=[[Mediaweek (American magazine)|Mediaweek]]|date=November 10, 2003}}</ref><ref name="nerw-wbzlibn">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=FCC Cites Jarad Antenna Violations|url=https://www.fybush.com/nerw-031117.html|access-date=July 16, 2017|work=archive.li|date=November 17, 2003|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071020051024/http://www.fybush.com/nerw-031117.html|archive-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref>

When WEEI dropped its all-news format for all-sports programming in September 1991, WBZ began a marketing campaign to convince former WEEI listeners to switch to WBZ;<ref name="bh-postweeicampaign">{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Dean|title=WBZ to target WEEI's stranded 'news junkies'|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/69023744.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+28,+1991&author=DEAN+JOHNSON&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=057&desc=WBZ+to+target+WEEI%27s+stranded+%60news+junkies%27|access-date=July 16, 2017|work=archive.is|date=August 28, 1991|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131135831/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/69023744.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+28,+1991&author=DEAN+JOHNSON&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=057&desc=WBZ+to+target+WEEI%27s+stranded+%60news+junkies%27|archive-date=January 31, 2013}} (subscription content preview)</ref> this was followed on January 13, 1992, with a shift to all-news programming during [[drive time]] (5 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m.).<ref name="bh-wbzdrivetimenews">{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Dean|title=WBZ-AM to go all-news in drive time|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68710692.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+3%2C+1992&author=DEAN+JOHNSON&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=035&desc=WBZ-AM+to+go+all-news+in+drive+time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106130104/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68710692.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+3,+1992&author=DEAN+JOHNSON&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=035&desc=WBZ-AM+to+go+all-news+in+drive+time|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2011|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=January 3, 1992}} (subscription content preview)</ref> On September 28 the station became an all-news station from 5 a.m.–7 p.m.<ref name="tbg-wbzdaytimenews">{{cite news|last=Bickelhaupt|first=Susan|title=A new station for news: WBZ-AM|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8760122.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105214112/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8760122.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |date=September 24, 1992}} (subscription content preview)</ref> following the end of the two midday talk shows hosted by Tom Bergeron, who had moved to middays following the launch of the morning news block<ref name="bh-wbznobergeron">{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Dean|title=Bergeron to leave 'BZ radio|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68790820.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+30%2C+1992&author=Dean+Johnson&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=045&desc=Bergeron+to+leave+%27BZ+radio|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131185704/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68790820.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+30,+1992&author=Dean+Johnson&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=045&desc=Bergeron+to+leave+'BZ+radio|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|access-date=April 17, 2011|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=July 30, 1992}} (subscription content preview)</ref> (the noon hour, which separated the Bergeron shifts, was already occupied by a news program); the station's nighttime programming continued to be filled by David Brudnoy and Bob Raleigh's talk shows.<ref name="tbg-wbzdaytimenews" />

Initially, the new format was not carried over to WBZ's weekend schedule; while a weekend morning news block was launched,<ref name=tbg-wbzdaytimenews /> the weekend afternoon schedule remained devoted to specialty talk shows until September 3, 1994, when the station introduced information-oriented sports shows, branded as ''WBZ Sports Saturday'' and ''WBZ Sports Sunday''.<ref name="nerw-wbzweekendsports">{{cite web|last=Fybush|first=Scott D|title=New England Radio Watcher - WBZ, WHDH, WEEI|url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.broadcasting/msg/e980ebf199d1b0a2?hl=en&dmode=source|work=rec.radio.broadcasting|publisher=[[Google Groups]]|access-date=April 17, 2011}}</ref><ref name="tbg-wbzweekendsports">{{cite news|last=Craig|first=Jack|title=Some microphones still open|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8293736.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105214134/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8293736.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=August 28, 1994}} (subscription content preview)</ref> WBZ's sports commitment included the return of the [[Boston Bruins Radio Network]] to the station in 1995;<ref name="wbz-90shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 1990s|url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/featured/the-history-of-wbz-radio/content/2017-11-17-wbz-newsradio-1030-history-1990s/|work=CBS Boston|access-date=April 15, 2011}}</ref> however, the station lost the New England Patriots to WBCN (104.1 FM, now [[WWBX]]) starting with the 1995 season,<ref name="bh-wbznopats">{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Jim|title='BCN lures Pats|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68304613.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18,+1994&author=JIM+BAKER&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=108&desc=%60BCN+lures+Pats+'BCN+inks+Pats|access-date=April 17, 2011|work=archive.is|date=November 18, 1994|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201080439/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68304613.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18,+1994&author=JIM+BAKER&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=108&desc=%60BCN+lures+Pats+'BCN+inks+Pats|archive-date=February 1, 2013}} (subscription content preview)</ref> and for several seasons afterward WBZ was an affiliate of the [[New York Giants Radio Network]]. NFL regulations only allowed WBZ to carry Giants' games not played at the same time as Patriots' games.<ref name="nerw-wbzgiants">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=1995: The Year in Review|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/yir-1995.html|access-date=April 17, 2011|newspaper=New England RadioWatch}}</ref> As with the weekday lineup, talk continued to be programmed at night, including three of the specialty shows (''Kid Company'' on Saturday evenings and a revived ''Calling All Sports'' and ''Looking at the Law'' on Sunday evenings), a Saturday night talk show hosted by Lovell Dyett,<ref name=nerw-wbzweekendsports/> and an overnight show with former WHDH host Norm Nathan.<ref name="nerw-wbznormnathan">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Norm Nathan, 1926–1996|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-961031.html|access-date=April 17, 2011|newspaper=New England RadioWatch|date=October 31, 1996}}</ref>

WBZ added an affiliation with the [[CBS Radio Network]] on March 6, 1995, making it one of a handful of stations to carry both CBS Radio and ABC Radio (however, the station ceased an affiliation with [[CNN Radio]]).<ref name="nerw-wbzcbsaffiliation">{{cite web|last=Fybush|first=Scott D|title=New England Radio Watcher: WHAV goes spanish|url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.broadcasting/msg/624c979f0bdedcbc?hl=en&dmode=source|work=rec.radio.broadcasting|publisher=Google Groups|access-date=April 17, 2011}}</ref> Five months later, on August 1, Westinghouse announced that it was purchasing [[CBS]],<ref name="nyt-westinghousecbs">{{cite news|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|title=CBS accepts bid by Westinghouse|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/business/cbs-accepts-bid-by-westinghouse-5.4-billion-deal.html|access-date=April 18, 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 2, 1995}}</ref> a transaction that was completed on November 24;<ref name="nyt-westinghousecbscomplete">{{cite news|author=[[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones]]|title=Westinghouse Completes CBS Acquisition|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/25/business/westinghouse-completes-cbs-acquisition.html|access-date=April 18, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 25, 1995}}</ref> as a result, WBZ came under the [[CBS Radio]] banner.<ref name=br-history /> Two years later, 76 years of Westinghouse ownership came to an end when the Westinghouse Electric Corporation changed its name to CBS Corporation on December 1, 1997.<ref name="nyt-westinghousetocbs">{{cite news|title=Westinghouse 2-Company Plan Dropped|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/15/business/westinghouse-2-company-plan-dropped.html|access-date=April 18, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 15, 1997}}</ref> CBS's radio stations, including WBZ, were spun off into a new public company, [[Infinity Broadcasting Corporation]], in 1998 (a move that removed the Group W name from the station's license);<ref name="nerw-cbstoinfinity">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=So Long, WWJY|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-981113.html|access-date=April 18, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=November 13, 1998}}</ref> [[Viacom (1971–2005)|Viacom]] announced its acquisition of the publicly held stake in Infinity on August 15, 2000 (shortly after it merged with CBS Corporation),<ref name="nyt-saletoviacom">{{cite news|title=Viacom to Buy the Rest of Infinity's Shares|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/16/business/viacom-to-buy-the-rest-of-infinity-s-shares.html|access-date=April 19, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 16, 2000}}</ref> a transaction completed on February 21, 2001 (though Viacom, and CBS before the merger, had always held a majority stake in Infinity).<ref name="shj-saletoviacomdone">{{cite news|title=Viacom, Infinity seal broadcasting merger|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cUoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AtAEAAAAIBAJ&dq=infinity%20viacom&pg=4918%2C8535735|access-date=April 19, 2011|newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]|date=February 22, 2001}}</ref> Even after coming under common ownership with the CBS Radio Network, it would not be until 2000 before CBS's hourly newscast replaced ABC's during WBZ's overnight programming.<ref name=br-history />

As its ownership shifted, WBZ continued to modify its program schedule. After Norm Nathan's death on October 29, 1996,<ref name=nerw-wbznormnathan /> his Friday night/Saturday morning show was taken over by Steve LeVeille, and his Saturday night/Sunday morning show went to former WSSH-FM (99.5, now [[WCRB]]) morning host [[Jordan Rich]].<ref name="nerw-weekendovernights98">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980129.html|title=A Sinclair Sale|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=January 29, 1998|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref> Bob Lobel (by now WBZ-TV's sports director) and Upton Bell returned to the station on May 17, 1997, for a Sunday night sports show (with ''Calling All Sports'' moving to Saturdays).<ref name="nerw-boblobelshow">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Back to Boston|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-970522.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=May 22, 1997}}</ref> Another sports show, ''The McDonoughs on Sports'' with [[Sean McDonough]] and [[Will McDonough]] aired during the [[1997 NFL season]] as a lead-in to [[NFL on Westwood One|CBS Radio Sports' broadcast of]] ''[[Monday Night Football]]'', preempting David Brudnoy's program;<ref name="nerw-themcdonoughswbz">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Trouble for Brian Dodge|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-970501.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=May 1, 1997}}</ref> the first two hours of his Friday show were preempted in favor of a cooking show, ''Olives' Table'' with [[Todd English]], from August 1997<ref name="nerw-olivestable">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=A Change of Sale|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-970807.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=August 7, 1997}}</ref> through August 1998.<ref name="nerw-olivestableend">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Non-Compete -- The Battle Continues|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980820.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=August 20, 1998}}</ref>

The ''Sports Saturday'' and ''Sports Sunday'' blocks were discontinued in April 1998 in favor of an expansion of the all-news format to weekend afternoons;<ref name="bh-wbzsportsblocksend">{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Jim|title=WBZ weekends lose sports voice|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/27735128.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+21%2C+1998&author=JIM+BAKER&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=027&desc=WBZ+weekends+lose+sports+voice|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106131752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/27735128.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+21,+1998&author=JIM+BAKER&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=027&desc=WBZ+weekends+lose+sports+voice|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=March 21, 1998}} (subscription content preview)</ref> ''Calling All Sports'' and ''The Bob Lobel Show'' were not affected,<ref name="nerw-sportsblocksend">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=New CHR on the Cape|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980326.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=March 26, 1998}}</ref> though Lobel's show was replaced with ''Sunday Sports Page'' with [[Dan Roche]] and [[Steve DeOssie]] that July after a management-ordered cut-off of a call on the July 12 broadcast drove Lobel to resign from his show on July 13.<ref name="tbg-wbznolobel">{{cite news|last=Manly|first=Howard|title=Lobel pulls plug on Sunday radio gig|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8498675.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105214149/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8498675.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=July 14, 1998}} (subscription content preview)</ref><ref name="nerw-wbznolobel">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Lobel Leaves BZ Radio|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980718.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=July 18, 1998}}</ref> Bob Raleigh began to cut back his on-air presence during the late 1990s, with Kevin Sowyrda taking over the Sunday night/Monday morning slot for a time;<ref name="nerw-weekendovernights98" /> he eventually retired on June 9, 1999,<ref name="nerw-bobraleighretires">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Raleigh Retires, Bruds Cuts Back Hours at WBZ|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-990416.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=April 16, 1999}}</ref> with Steve LeVeille taking his place in the overnight hours and Jordan Rich taking over the Friday night/Saturday morning show.<ref name="nerw-steveleveilleweeknights">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=The End of CBL Is Near|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-990604.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=June 4, 1999}}</ref> Shortly afterward, David Brudnoy gave up the 10 p.m.-12 a.m. portion of his show;<ref name="nerw-bobraleighretires" /> this timeslot was given to [[The Sun (Lowell)|Lowell ''Sun'']] columnist and former [[WLLH]] (1400 AM) host [[Paul Sullivan (radio)|Paul Sullivan]].<ref name="nerw-sullivanadd">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=CBL: The Final Countdown|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-990618.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=June 18, 1999}}</ref>

For a time starting in the fall of 2001, the station relaunched the 1 p.m. hour of the ''Midday News'' as the ''WBZ Business Hour'', with an increased focus on business news;<ref name="tbg-businesshour">{{cite news|last=Simon|first=Clea|title=Assessing WBZ's financial hour|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8680920.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105214159/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8680920.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=November 15, 2001}} (subscription content preview)</ref> this program was similar to one on Los Angeles sister station [[KNX (AM)|KNX]] (WBZ has since returned to regular news in the 1 p.m. hour). Later that year, weekend sports talk was abandoned completely, with ''Calling All Sports'', which had been a [[Brokered programming|leased-time]] program owned and produced by Norm Resha since its revival in 1991,<ref name="tbg-casleasetime">{{cite news|last=Craig|first=Jack|title=Do-it-yourself show on WBZ|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7642037.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105214206/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7642037.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=January 6, 1991}} (subscription content preview)</ref> moving to [[WBQT (FM)|WTKK]] (96.9 FM) on December 2.<ref name="tbg-casstartandend" /> WBZ then launched a Saturday evening talk show hosted by Pat Desmarais, while a simulcast of the CBS television program ''[[60 Minutes]]'' was added on Sunday evenings on January 13, 2002.<ref name="nerw-wbz60minutes">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Big Changes at WAVZ|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020123.html|access-date=April 22, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=January 23, 2002}}</ref>

===2003–2017===
[[File:WBZ1030new.png|thumb|200px|Horizontal version of WBZ's current logo, used since July 1, 2010]]
David Brudnoy announced on September 23, 2003, that he had [[skin cancer]]<ref name="nerw-brudnoycancer">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=WHAM Fires Lonsberry|url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-030929.html|access-date=July 16, 2017|work=archive.li|date=September 29, 2003|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071008160935/http://www.fybush.com/nerw-030929.html|archive-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref><ref name="wbz-2000shistory">{{cite web|title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 History – 2000s|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2010/03/14/wbz-newsradio-1030-history-%E2%80%93-2000%E2%80%B2s/|work=CBS Boston|access-date=April 22, 2011}}</ref> (he had also been fighting AIDS since 1994);<ref name=wbz-90shistory /> a farewell broadcast aired on December 8, 2004, and he died the next day, with tribute shows airing over the following two nights.<ref name="nerw-brudnoydies">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Remembering David Brudnoy|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/041213/nerw.html|access-date=April 20, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=December 13, 2004}}</ref> Per Brudnoy's wish, Paul Sullivan took over the 8 p.m.–midnight time slot in January 2005, with the 7 p.m. hour given to an expansion of the ''WBZ Afternoon News''.<ref name=nerw-brudnoydies/> That March, WBZ began streaming its programming on the web, along with Infinity's other news and talk stations.<ref name="nerw-wbzstreaming">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Shakeup in State College|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050307/nerw.html|access-date=April 22, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=March 7, 2005}}</ref>

When Viacom split into two companies on December 31, 2005, Infinity became part of the new [[CBS Corporation]] and reverted to the CBS Radio name.<ref name="nyt-infinitytocbs">{{cite news|author=Bloomberg News|title=Infinity Broadcasting to Become CBS Radio|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/15/business/media/15radio.html|access-date=April 19, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 15, 2005|author-link=Bloomberg L.P.}}</ref> That same day, WBZ dropped Paul Harvey after the station's contract to carry his broadcasts expired (however, despite coming under the CBS Radio banner once more, the station still maintains an affiliation with [[ABC News Radio]]);<ref name="nerw-nopaulharvey">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=New Troubles for Maynard's WAVM|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060109/nerw.html|access-date=April 22, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=January 9, 2006}}</ref> in addition, the station dropped ''Looking at the Law'', a legal advice show hosted by [[Neil Chayet]], after its January 8, 2006, broadcast in favor of brokered financial programs.<ref name="nerw-latlend">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Maine Sports Legend Dies in House Fire|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060116/nerw.html|access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=January 16, 2006}}</ref>

Longtime morning news anchor Gary LaPierre, who anchored WBZ's morning newscasts for nearly 40 years, retired from WBZ at the end of 2006. Governor [[Mitt Romney]] declared the day of his final broadcast, December 29, 2006, "Gary LaPierre Day". Romney, Senator [[Ted Kennedy]], Mayor [[Tom Menino]], former Mayor [[Ray Flynn]], former Governor [[Michael Dukakis]], and other notables called in during his final broadcast.<ref name="nerw-lapierreretires">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=WNEW Gets "Fresh"|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070108/nerw.html|access-date=April 22, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=January 8, 2007}}</ref> LaPierre was replaced on the ''WBZ Morning News'' with Ed Walsh, a former morning host at [[WOR (AM)|WOR]] in New York City who had been anchoring at [[WCBS (AM)|WCBS]],<ref name="nerw-wbzedwalsh">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=WCRB, WKLB Make the Big Switch|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/061204/nerw.html|access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=December 4, 2006}}</ref> starting with the 9:30&nbsp;a.m. half-hour of the December 29 ''Morning News''.<ref name="nerw-lapierreretires" /> LaPierre continued to be heard on the station on occasion through voiceover work.<ref name="nerw-lastsullivan">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Emotional Signoff for WBZ's Sullivan|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070702/nerw.html|access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=July 2, 2007}}</ref>

Meanwhile, evening host Paul Sullivan was fighting a [[brain tumor]], which was discovered on November 22, 2004—shortly before Brudnoy's death.<ref name="nerw-sullivantumor">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=New Sounds for Nova Scotia and N.B.|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/041129/nerw.html|access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=November 29, 2004}}</ref> After undergoing several surgeries over the next two and a half years, Sullivan announced on June 21, 2007, that he would step down from the evening talk show,<ref name="tbg-sullivanresigns">{{cite news|last=Kahn|first=Joseph P.|title=WBZ radio's Sullivan to step down after one more show|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/06/22/wbz_radios_sullivan_to_step_down_after_one_more_show/|access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=June 22, 2007}}</ref> with his final show, led by Jordan Rich, airing on June 28;<ref name=nerw-lastsullivan /> he died on September 9.<ref name="tbg-sullivandies">{{cite news|last=Simon|first=Clea|title=Paul Sullivan, popular WBZ radio talk show host, dies at 50|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/09/10/paul_sullivan_popular_wbz_radio_talk_show_host_dies_at_50/|access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=September 10, 2007}}</ref> Rich and WBZ-TV reporter [[Dan Rea]] served as substitute hosts in the interim;<ref name=tbg-sullivanresigns /> on October 1, Rea, who in the 1970s served as a weekend host for the station before moving to television in 1976, became the new host of the show, renamed ''NightSide with Dan Rea''.<ref name="tbg-danrea">{{cite news|last=Simon|first=Clea|title=Back at the mike, Rea has mixed emotions|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/10/06/back_at_the_mike_rea_has_mixed_emotions/|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |access-date=April 23, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 6, 2007}}</ref>

On December 31, 2008, WBZ let go overnight talk show host Steve LeVeille, sports anchor Tom Cuddy and Saturday night talk show hosts Lovell Dyett<ref>{{cite news |first=Jessica |last=Heslam |title=Steve LeVeille speaks |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media_marketing/mediabiz/2009/01/steve_leveille_speaks|work=Boston Herald |date=January 8, 2009 |access-date=January 12, 2009 }}</ref> and Pat Desmarais.<ref name="bg-desmaraisend">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/01/15/bulger_film_has_big_time_backing/?page=2|title=Bulger film has big-time backing|last=Shanahan|first=Mark|author2=Rhone, Paysha |date=January 15, 2009|work=The Boston Globe| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |access-date=January 27, 2009}}</ref> LeVeille was replaced by Jon Grayson (whose show originates from [[St. Louis]] sister station [[KMOX]]), while Dyett and Desmarais were replaced by the syndicated ''[[Kim Komando Show]]''. After listener efforts were made to restore LeVeille and Dyett to the station, WBZ announced on January 27, 2009, that LeVeille would reassume his shift on February 2, while Dyett would host a half-hour early morning public affairs program on Sundays.<ref name="bh-leveilledyettreturn">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media_marketing/2009/01/steve_leveille_and_lovell_dyett_return_wbz_after_listeners_sound|title=Steve LeVeille and Lovell Dyett return to WBZ after listeners sound off|last=Heslam|first=Jessica|date=January 27, 2009|work=Boston Herald|access-date=January 27, 2009}}</ref> Cuddy would subsequently return to the station as well that May.<ref name="nerw-cuddyreturns">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=On Memorial Day, No On-Air "Rewound"|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090525/nerw.html|access-date=April 24, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=May 25, 2009}}</ref> While Jordan Rich retained his weekend overnight show, the 2–5 a.m. portion of the program began to be simulcast on sister station [[WCCO (AM)|WCCO]] in [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]. Long-time sports director Gil Santos retired after 38 years with the station on January 30, 2009; after a week-long fill-in by Bob Lobel,<ref name="nerw-santosretires">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Groundhog Day Brings Leveille Return|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090202/nerw.html|access-date=April 24, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=February 2, 2009}}</ref> Walt Perkins took over as morning sports anchor on February 7.<ref name="tbg-waltperkinsmorning">{{cite news|title=Building a relationship|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/02/07/building_a_relationship/|access-date=April 24, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |date=February 7, 2009}}</ref>

The Bruins once again left WBZ following the 2008–09 season, after CBS Radio launched a third incarnation of WBZ-FM on 98.5&nbsp;MHz as an all-sports station, which also took the Patriots from the former WBCN.<ref name="nerw-wbzfmbruins">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Remembering Walter Cronkite, WBCN and WQXR|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090720/nerw.html|access-date=April 24, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=July 20, 2009}}</ref> (The station simulcast WBZ-FM's broadcast of Game 7 of the [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals]] between the Bruins and the [[Vancouver Canucks]], allowing fans in areas of New England not served by a Bruins radio network affiliate to hear the game;<ref name="wbztv-game7onwbz">{{cite news|title=Thomas One Save Away From History, One Win From Cup|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/06/14/thomas-one-save-away-from-history-one-win-from-cup/|access-date=June 14, 2011|newspaper=CBS Boston|date=June 14, 2011|quote=Game 7 will also be simulcast on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 am.}}</ref> additionally, WBZ briefly carried Bruins games that conflict with WBZ-FM's Patriots broadcasts, a function that subsequently moved to WZLX. WBZ also carried a Boston Celtics broadcast on January 11, 2014, due to conflicts with both a Patriots game on current Celtics flagship station WBZ-FM and a Bruins game on WZLX.<ref name="wbz-wbzcelticsconflict">{{cite news|title=Where To Hear Patriots, Bruins, Celtics On Saturday Night|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/01/09/where-to-hear-patriots-bruins-celtics-on-saturday-night/|access-date=January 11, 2014|newspaper=CBS Boston|date=January 9, 2014}}</ref>)

Ed Walsh retired after four years as morning news anchor on November 30, 2010;<ref name="tbg-edwalshretires">{{cite news|last=Bishop|first=Stewart|title=WBZ morning radio anchor to retire|url=http://archive.boston.com/business/articles/2010/11/05/wbz_morning_radio_anchor_to_retire/|access-date=July 16, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |date=November 5, 2010}}</ref> Rod Fritz then took over as interim anchor (with Gary LaPierre guest anchoring for a week in early December),<ref name="nerw-fritzlapierream">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Entercom to Buy Phoenix's WFNX?|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2010/101129/nerw.html|access-date=April 25, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> with Joe Mathieu, formerly of [[Sirius XM Radio]]'s [[P.O.T.U.S. (Sirius XM)|P.O.T.U.S.]] channel, taking over on May 16, 2011.<ref name="aa-joemathieuam">{{cite news|title=Joe Mathieu Joining WBZ/Boston|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/89643/joe-mathieu-joining-wbz-boston|access-date=April 25, 2011|newspaper=All Access|date=April 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="wbztv-mathieustart">{{cite news|title=Joe Mathieu Takes Over As WBZ's Morning Drive Anchor|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/05/16/joe-mathieu-takes-over-as-wbzs-morning-drive-anchor/|access-date=May 18, 2011|newspaper=CBS Boston|date=May 16, 2011}}</ref> The station added a monthly one-hour interview show hosted by Mathieu, ''WBZ Newswatch'', on January 26, 2012.<ref name="ri-wbznewswatch">{{cite news|title=Making Moves: Wednesday January 25, 2012|url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/making-moves-january-25-2012|access-date=July 16, 2017|work=archive.is|date=January 25, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120127190203/http://www.radio-info.com/news/making-moves-january-25-2012|archive-date=January 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name="bh-wbznewswatch">{{cite news|last=Heslam|first=Jessica|title=WBZ radio debuts monthly newsmaker show|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/mediaBiz/index.php/2012/01/25/wbz-radio-debuts-monthly-newsmaker-show/|access-date=January 26, 2012|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=January 25, 2012}}</ref> Overnight host Steve LeVeille retired from WBZ on June 8, 2012;<ref name="tbg-leveilleretires">{{cite news|last1=Shanahan|first1=Mark|last2=Goldstein|first2=Meredith|title=Steve LeVeille is retiring from WBZ Radio|url=http://www.boston.com/names/2012/06/05/steve-leveille-retiring-from-wbz-radio/it7AAuDyCqJ0EnoDTsNlDJ/story.html|access-date=July 2, 2013|newspaper=The Boston Globe| oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |date=June 5, 2012}}</ref> after a year of rotating guest hosts that included [[Jennifer Brien]], Morgan White Jr., Bradley Jay, and Dean Johnson, Brien was named the new host on June 25, 2013.<ref name="aa-jenbrien">{{cite news|title=Jen Brien Takes Overnights At WBZ-A/Boston|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/119738/jen-brien-takes-overnights-at-wbz-a-boston|access-date=July 2, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=June 26, 2013}}</ref> On October 3, 2013, the station announced it was canceling the ''Jen Brien Show'' with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jen Brien Exits Overnights At WBZ-A/Boston|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/122928/jen-brien-exits-overnights-at-wbz-a-boston|access-date=July 2, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=October 3, 2013}}</ref> Bradley Jay then took over the overnight show, renamed ''Jay Talking''.

WBZ, along with fellow CBS Radio all-news stations WINS in New York City, KYW in Philadelphia, and [[WDCH-FM|WNEW-FM]] in Washington, D.C., added an affiliation with [[Westwood One News]] in 2014.<ref name="aa-wbzww1news">{{cite news|title=WINS, KYW, WBZ-A, WNEW Affiliate With Westwood One News|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/134990/wins-kyw-wbz-a-wnew-affiliate-with-westwood-one-ne|access-date=November 22, 2017|work=All Access|date=October 29, 2014|language=en}}</ref> Jordan Rich ended his weekend talk show on July 3, 2016, but continues to do feature segments for the station.<ref name="wbz-jordanrichshowend">{{cite news|title=WBZ's Jordan Rich Stepping Away From Overnight Talk Show|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/wbz-jordan-rich-show-leaving-overnight-talk-show/|access-date=October 11, 2017|work=CBS Boston|date=May 19, 2016|language=en}}</ref> Joe Mathieu left WBZ on April 28, 2017;<ref name="aa-mathieuexitswbz">{{cite news|title=Joe Mathieu To Exit WBZ-A/Boston|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/165084/joe-mathieu-to-exit-wbz-a-boston|access-date=October 11, 2017|work=All Access|date=April 25, 2017|language=en}}</ref> that August, the station announced Josh Binswanger, who hosted ''Kid Company'' on the station in the early 1990s and has  worked for WBZ-TV, as its new morning news anchor,<ref name="ri-wbzbinswanger">{{cite news|title=WBZ Welcomes Back Josh Binswanger|url=https://radioink.com/2017/08/24/wbz-welcomes-back-josh-binswanger/|access-date=October 11, 2017|work=Radio Ink|date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> while Mathieu joined [[WGBH (FM)|WGBH]] (89.7 FM) as its morning anchor.<ref name="aa-wgbhmathieu">{{cite news|title=Joe Mathieu To Join WGBH/Boston As 'Morning Edition' Anchor|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/165744/joe-mathieu-to-join-wgbh-boston-as-morning-edition|access-date=October 11, 2017|work=All Access|date=May 16, 2017|language=en}}</ref> By the end of 2017, the staff included Deb Lawler and Josh Binswanger as morning anchors; Mary Blake and Rod Fritz as midday anchors; Jeff Brown and Laurie Kirby as afternoon anchors; and Dan Rea and Bradley Jay as nighttime talk show hosts.

===Since 2017: End of Westinghouse heritage and sale to iHeartMedia===
On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with [[Entercom]] (which locally owned WEEI, [[WEEI-FM]], [[WZRM|WKAF]], WRKO and [[WKVB (FM)|WAAF]]); the sale would be conducted using a [[Reverse Morris Trust]] so that it would be tax-free. While CBS shareholders retained a 72% ownership stake in the combined company, Entercom was the surviving entity, separating WBZ radio (both 1030 and FM 98.5) from WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV;<ref name="variety-cbsentercom">{{cite web|title=CBS Sets Radio Division Merger With Entercom|url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/cbs-entercom-radio-division-merger-1201976392/|website=Variety|date=February 2, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2017/02/02/cbs-entercom-radio-merger/|title=CBS and Entercom Are Merging Their Radio Stations|website=Fortune|access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> for the first time since WBZ-TV's inception in 1948, WBZ radio and television would be under separate ownership. On October 10, CBS Radio announced that as part of the process of obtaining regulatory approval of the merger, WBZ would be one of sixteen stations that would be divested by Entercom, along with sister stations WBZ-FM and WZLX, as well as WRKO and WKAF ([[WWBX|WBMX]], WODS, WEEI AM/FM and WAAF would be retained by Entercom, while WBZ-FM would be traded to [[Beasley Broadcast Group]] in exchange for WMJX).<ref name="ri-cbsentercomdivestitures">{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Entercom Narrows Down 16 Stations To Be Divested To Complete CBS Radio Merger|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/120286/entercom-narrows-16-stations-divested-complete-cbs-radio-merger/|access-date=October 11, 2017|work=RadioInsight|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref>

On November 1, [[iHeartMedia]] announced that it would acquire WBZ (AM), WZLX, WRKO and WKAF. To meet ownership limits set by the FCC, [[WKOX (AM)|WKOX]] would be divested to the Ocean Stations Trust in preparation for a permanent buyer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/120711/entercom-trades-boston-seattle-spin-offs-iheartmedia-richmond-chattanooga-2/|title=Entercom Trades Boston & Seattle Spin-Offs To iHeartMedia For Richmond & Chattanooga - RadioInsight|date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entercom.com/press/entercom-receives-fcc-approval-merger-cbs-radio/|title=Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio|work=Entercom|date=November 9, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/121072/entercom-completes-cbs-radio-merger/|title=Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger|last=Venta|first=Lance|work=Radio Insight|date=November 17, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2017}}</ref> iHeart then began operating WBZ, WKAF, and WZLX under a [[local marketing agreement]].<ref name="ri-wbziheartlma" /> The sale of WBZ, WRKO, WZLX, and WKAF to iHeart was completed on December 19, 2017, ending WBZ's 96 years of lineage under the same ownership.<ref name="fcc-saletoiheartcomplete" /> As part of the sale, CBS Corporation entered into a long-term [[Brand licensing|license]] agreement with iHeartMedia and Beasley Broadcast Group for continued usage of the call sign on both WBZ and WBZ-FM;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067837/000119312517347026/d683081dex28.htm|title=Exhibit 2.8 - Execution Version: Trademark License Agreement (TV Station Brands) by and between CBS Broadcasting Inc. CBS Mass Media Corporation and CBS Radio Inc., and certain subsidiaries of CBS Radio Inc.|date=November 16, 2017|website=sec.gov|access-date=February 27, 2020}}</ref> corporate successor [[Paramount Global]] currently holds the trademark for "WBZ" as a brand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trademarks.justia.com/760/33/wbz-76033841.html|title=WBZ Trademark of CBS Mass Media Corp. - Registration Number 2463746 - Serial Number 76033841|website=trademarks.justia.com|publisher=Justia Trademarks|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2020}}</ref>

On March 30, 2018, iHeartMedia announced that anchor Rod Fritz was let go.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shanahan |first=Mark |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2018/03/30/changes-continue-wbz-news-radio/zsIRujBkjoiJXW4WbKwSQO/story.html |title=Changes continue at WBZ News Radio |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=March 30, 2018 |oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791  |access-date=March 30, 2018 }}</ref> On August 25, 2018, after 70 years, WBZ left the Soldiers Field Road studios (which continue to house WBZ-TV) and moved to facilities on Cabot Road in Medford, putting it in the same building as iHeartMedia's other Boston stations.<ref name="tbg-wbzmedford">{{cite news |last1=Sweeney |first1=Emily |title=WBZ NewsRadio 1030 bids goodbye to Soldiers Field Road in Brighton |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/24/wbz-newsradio-bids-goodbye-soldiers-field-road-brighton/qedTgPoTifXBGfg3dcl78O/story.html |access-date=August 25, 2018 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] | oclc=66652431   |  issn=0743-1791 |date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> On January 15, 2020, as part of an iHeartMedia restructuring, WBZ laid off political commentator Jon Keller (who remains with WBZ-TV), morning news anchor Deb Lawler, overnight host Bradley Jay, and sports anchor Tom Cuddy.<ref name="bdc-wbz2020cuts">{{cite news |last1=DeCosta-Klipa |first1=Nik |title=Jon Keller says his WBZ radio run is over amid iHeartMedia layoffs |url=https://www.boston.com/news/media/2020/01/15/jon-keller-wbz-radio-layoffs |access-date=November 25, 2020 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=January 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Hall of Fame==
In February 2007, the station created the WBZ Radio Hall of Fame. Gary LaPierre was the first inductee, on February 16;<ref name="nerw-lapierrehof">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=A Great Week for NE Radio History|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070219/nerw.html|access-date=April 25, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=February 19, 2007}}</ref> Gil Santos was the second when he was inducted on July 9, 2009,<ref name="nerw-santoshof">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=A Month On, DTV Transition Still Tangled|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090713/nerw.html|access-date=April 26, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=July 13, 2009}}</ref> and Dave Maynard was the third with his induction on September 15, 2009.<ref name="nerw-maynardhof">{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Remembering Fred Cusick|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090921/nerw.html|access-date=April 26, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=September 21, 2009}}</ref> Carl DeSuze became the fourth inductee (and the first to be inducted posthumously) on September 19, 2011, coinciding with WBZ's 90th anniversary.<ref name="tbg-desuzewbzhof">{{cite news|last=Lutz|first=Jaime|title=WBZ-AM celebrates 90th birthday|url=http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/09/wbz-radio-celebrates-birthday/U1ptNn3Ab9UTupY1Q1J8iJ/index.html|access-date=July 16, 2017|work=archive.li|date=September 19, 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110925102351/http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/09/wbz-radio-celebrates-birthday/U1ptNn3Ab9UTupY1Q1J8iJ/index.html|archive-date=September 25, 2011}}</ref>

==Awards==
[[File:The crew of WBZ at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|Jonathan Elias, Joe Mathieu, Lisa Hughes and Peter Casey at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards for WBZ's coverage of the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].]]
{{expand section|information on other awards won by the station over the years|date=May 2011}}
WBZ received the 2010 [[NAB Marconi Radio Awards|Marconi Radio Award]] in the legendary stations category from the [[National Association of Broadcasters]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nab.org/documents/newsroom/2010_Radio_Show/093010_Marconi_Legendary.htm|title=WBZ-AM Named Legendary Station|work=[[National Association of Broadcasters]]|date=September 30, 2010|access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, WBZ, along with sister station at the time, WBZ-TV, received a [[Peabody Award]] for its coverage of the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/coverage-of-boston-marathon-bombings-wbz-tv-boston-and-wbz-newsradio-1030|title=Coverage of Boston Marathon Bombings (WBZ-TV, Boston, and WBZ Newsradio 1030)|work=[[The Peabody Awards]]|access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>

The station has won numerous Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in journalism. In 2017, awards included Overall Excellence, Best Newscast, Excellence in Social Media, and Excellence in Writing.  In 2016, WBZ went on to win the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast.<ref>{{cite web |title=WBZ NewsRadio Wins 4 Regional Murrow Award |url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/04/25/murrow-awards-wbz-newsradio-1030/ |website=boston.cbslocal.com |access-date=August 27, 2019 |date=April 25, 2017}}</ref>

==Notable on-air staff==
* [[David Brudnoy]]
* [[Neil Chayet]] – ''Looking at the Law''
* [[Larry Glick]]
* [[Gary LaPierre]]
* [[Charles Osgood]] – ''The Osgood File''
* [[Dan Rea]]
* [[Jordan Rich]]
* [[Matt Shearer (reporter)|Matt Shearer]]
* [[Jerry Williams (radio)|Jerry Williams]]

==See also==
* [[List of initial AM-band station grants in the United States]]

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/}}
{{AM station data|25444|WBZ}}
* [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=50795 FCC History Cards for WBZ] (covering 1927–1981)

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