WLVI

WLVI

Cambridge–Boston, Massachusetts United States
City	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Channels	Digital: 35 (UHF), shared with WHDH Virtual: 56
Branding	CW 56
Programming
Affiliations	56.1: The CW 56.2: Buzzr
Ownership
Owner	Sunbeam Television (WHDH-TV)
Sister stations	WHDH
History
First air date	September 27, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-09-27)
Former call signs	WTAO-TV (1953–1965) WXHR-TV (1965–1966) WKBG-TV (1966–1974)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 56 (UHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 41 (UHF, 2005–2018), 42 (UHF, 2018–2019)
Former affiliations	DuMont/ABC (1953–1956) Independent (1966–1995) The WB (1995–2006) NBC (alternate, 2006–2016)
Call sign meaning	"LVI" is 56 in Roman numerals
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73238
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	304.1 m (997.7 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°18′41″N 71°12′58″W / 42.31139°N 71.21611°W / 42.31139; -71.21611
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	whdh.com/cw56/

WLVI (channel 56) is a television station licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, serving the Boston area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Sunbeam Television alongside WHDH (channel 7), an independent station. WLVI and WHDH share studios at Bulfinch Place (near Government Center) in downtown Boston; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WHDH's spectrum from the WHDH-TV tower in Newton, Massachusetts.

Channel 56 is Boston's oldest UHF station, with roots dating to 1953 and having been in continuous operation since 1966. In addition to syndicated entertainment programs, the station was notable for producing a variety of local children's and sports programs, and in the late 1960s and between 1984 and 2006, it produced local newscasts.