WNEU

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WNEU

Merrimack, New Hampshire / Boston, Massachusetts
Branding	Telemundo 60
Channels	60 (UHF) analog, 34 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Telemundo
Owner	NBC Universal (programmed by ZGS Communications)
Founded	1987
Call letters meaning	W New England TelemUndo
Former callsigns	WGOT (1987-97) WPXB (1998-2002)
Former affiliations	Independent (1987-96) Infomercials (1996-98, 1999-2000) Pax (1998-99), ValueVision/ShopNBC (2000-02)
Website	www.telemundoboston.com

WNEU is the Telemundo affiliate serving the Boston market, licensed to Merrimack, New Hampshire. The station is owned by NBC Universal, but is controlled by ZGS Communications as a full-power relay of WTMU-LP, primarily serving Boston's northern suburbs and southern New Hampshire.

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WNEU signed on in 1987 as WGOT, an independent station. The call sign was derived from the so-called "Golden Triangle" of Manchester, Nashua, and Salem, New Hampshire. For a time, the station aired a 10:00 p.m. newscast anchored by current NHDOT spokesperson Bill Boynton. Paxson Communications purchased the station in the 1990s, and switched WGOT to a mix of infomercials and religion, similar to their other stations. In 1998, the station changed its call sign to WPXB in preparation for the launch of the Pax TV network, but it ceased to carry Pax programming in 1999 after Paxson acquired WABU (now WBPX), due to conflicts in the immediate Boston area with WABU, and in New Hampshire itself with WNBU (now WPXG). After a brief return to infomercials, the station switched to ValueVision, which later became ShopNBC. NBC acquired the station from Paxson in 2002 and changed the call sign to WNEU, eventually dropping ShopNBC for Telemundo, via a simulcast of ZGS Broadcasting's WTMU-LP (which continues to this day).

During its Paxson ownership, WGOT/WPXB owned a translator in Boston, Massachusetts, W40BO, which was previously W33AV, WRAP-LP, W54AT, and W54CN. When NBC purchased channel 60, Paxson retained W40BO, which has now changed to a translator of WBPX.

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WTMU-LP

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Broadcast television in the Boston market (Nielsen DMA #7)

Local television stations WGBH 2 (PBS) - WBZ 4 (CBS) - WCVB 5 (ABC) - WHDH 7 (NBC) (WX+ on DT2) - WFXZ 24 (AZA) - WFXT 25 (FOX) - WUNI 27 (UNI) - WTMU 32 / WNEU 60 (TEL) - WSBK 38 (Ind) - WGBX 44 (PBS) - WWDP 46 (Shop NBC) - WYDN 48 (DS) - WZMY 50 (MNTV) - WLVI 56 (The CW) (The Tube on DT2) - WMFP 62 (S@H / JTV) - WUTF 66 (TFU) - WBPX 68 (ION)
Defunct stations WJZB 14 (IND/NBC)
Local digital television channels WHDN 26 (DW)
Local and regional cable television channels CN8 - NECN 6 - NESN - FSN New England - CatholicTV - TV3 Medford - CKSH 9 (SRC, Sherbrooke)

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Broadcast television in the Concord / Keene / Manchester / Portsmouth (Southern New Hampshire) sub-market (Nielsen DMA #7: Boston)

WMUR 9 (ABC) - WENH 11 / WLED 49 / WEKW 52 (PBS / NHPTV) - W17CI 17 (MNTV) - WPXG 21 (ION) - W26CQ 26 (ABC) - WNNE 31 (NBC) - WZMY 50 (MNTV) - WNEU 60 (TEL)
Boston stations serving / available in Southern New Hampshire
WGBH 2 (PBS) - WBZ 4 (CBS) - WHDH 7 (NBC) (WX+ on DT2) - WFXT 25 (FOX) - WSBK 38 (Ind) - WLVI 56 (The CW) (The Tube on DT2)
Defunct television channels
WHED 15 / WEDB 40 (PBS / NHPTV) - WNHT 21 (Ind / CBS) - WXPO 50 (Ind)
Cable television stations
CN8 - NECN - NESN - FSN New England - CKSH (SRC, Sherbrooke) See also, Broadcast television in Boston, Champlain Valley, Portland and Sherbrooke / Estrie

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