WHDH-TV (channel 5)

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WHDH-TV

Boston, Massachusetts United States
Channels	Analog: 5 (VHF)
Ownership
Owner	Boston Herald Traveler (WHDH, Inc.)
Sister stations	WHDH WHDH-FM
History
First air date	November 26, 1957 (1957-11-26)
Last air date	March 18, 1972 (1972-03-18) (14 years, 113 days)
Former affiliations	ABC (1957–1960) CBS (1961–1972)
Call sign meaning	sequentially assigned to former radio sister station WHDH (AM)
Technical information
ERP	100 kW
HAAT	306 m (1,004 ft)

WHDH-TV (channel 5) was a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station, owned by the Boston Herald Traveler, operated from 1957 until the revocation of the station's license in 1972. The channel 5 allocation in the market was taken over by WCVB-TV, which operates using a separate license from WHDH-TV; the original WHDH-TV is also of no relation to the current WHDH (channel 7).