WBZ-TV
E403478
WBZ-TV is a Boston-based television station that serves as a major local broadcaster and CBS affiliate in the New England region.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WBZ-TV canonical | 3 |
| CBS Boston | 1 |
| WBZ News | 1 |
| WBZ-TV 4 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3973450 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WBZ-TV Context triple: [Group W, ownedStation, WBZ-TV]
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A.
WBZ (AM)
WBZ (AM) is a historic Boston-based AM radio station known for its news, talk, and sports programming and status as one of the oldest broadcast stations in the United States.
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B.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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C.
WABC-TV
WABC-TV is a New York City-based ABC-owned television station that produces and broadcasts local and nationally syndicated programming.
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D.
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV is the primary New York City television station of the CBS network, serving as its main owned-and-operated outlet.
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E.
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (AM) is a Boston-based sports radio station known for its local and national sports talk programming and coverage of New England teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WBZ-TV Target entity description: WBZ-TV is a Boston-based television station that serves as a major local broadcaster and CBS affiliate in the New England region.
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A.
WBZ (AM)
WBZ (AM) is a historic Boston-based AM radio station known for its news, talk, and sports programming and status as one of the oldest broadcast stations in the United States.
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B.
WBZ-FM
WBZ-FM is a Boston-area sports radio station known for its all-sports format and coverage of local professional teams.
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C.
WABC-TV
WABC-TV is a New York City-based ABC-owned television station that produces and broadcasts local and nationally syndicated programming.
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D.
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV is the primary New York City television station of the CBS network, serving as its main owned-and-operated outlet.
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E.
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (AM) is a Boston-based sports radio station known for its local and national sports talk programming and coverage of New England teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CBS affiliate
ⓘ
broadcast television network affiliate ⓘ television station ⓘ |
| affiliationStart | CBS affiliate in Boston ⓘ |
| analogChannelFormer | 4 ⓘ |
| branding |
WBZ-TV
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CBS Boston
WBZ-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
WBZ-TV 4
|
| broadcastBand | UHF ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning |
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Westinghouse Broadcasting
|
| city | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| contentFocus |
local news and information
ⓘ
public affairs programming ⓘ sports coverage ⓘ weather coverage ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverageArea |
eastern Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Massachusetts
Greater Boston ⓘ parts of New England ⓘ |
| digitalChannel | 20 ⓘ |
| distributionPlatform |
cable television
ⓘ
online streaming ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| hasNewscastBrand |
WBZ-TV
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
WBZ News
|
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| market | Boston television market ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | CBS ⓘ |
| networkOwnedAndOperatedStatus | CBS owned-and-operated station ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a long-established Boston television station
ⓘ
serving as the primary CBS outlet for the Boston market ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Columbia Broadcasting System
ⓘ
surface form:
CBS Broadcasting Inc.
|
| owner | Paramount Global ⓘ |
| primaryService | television broadcasting ⓘ |
| programmingType |
local news
ⓘ
network programming ⓘ syndicated programming ⓘ |
| regionServed | New England ⓘ |
| servesAs | major local broadcaster in New England ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
WBMX
ⓘ
WBZ (AM) ⓘ WODS ⓘ WZLX ⓘ |
| transmissionStandard | ATSC ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 4 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WBZ-TV Description of subject: WBZ-TV is a Boston-based television station that serves as a major local broadcaster and CBS affiliate in the New England region.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WBZ News