WNAC-TV
E817953
WNAC-TV was a Boston-based television station that served as a major network affiliate and broadcast outlet in New England during much of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WNAC-TV canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9747115 — 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: WNAC-TV Context triple: [RKO General, owned, WNAC-TV]
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A.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
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B.
WSNS-TV
WSNS-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Chicago affiliated with Telemundo and owned by NBCUniversal.
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C.
WPWR-TV
WPWR-TV is a Chicago-area television station that serves as a MyNetworkTV affiliate and is part of the Fox Television Stations group.
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D.
KENW-TV
KENW-TV is a public television station in eastern New Mexico that serves as a regional PBS affiliate and broadcast outlet for Eastern New Mexico University.
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E.
WSTM-TV
WSTM-TV is a television station serving the Syracuse, New York market, known for its local news programming and affiliation with major broadcast networks.
- 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: WNAC-TV Target entity description: WNAC-TV was a Boston-based television station that served as a major network affiliate and broadcast outlet in New England during much of the 20th century.
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A.
WABI-TV
WABI-TV is a long-running CBS-affiliated television station serving the Bangor, Maine market with local news, weather, and entertainment programming.
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B.
WSNS-TV
WSNS-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Chicago affiliated with Telemundo and owned by NBCUniversal.
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C.
WPWR-TV
WPWR-TV is a Chicago-area television station that serves as a MyNetworkTV affiliate and is part of the Fox Television Stations group.
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D.
KENW-TV
KENW-TV is a public television station in eastern New Mexico that serves as a regional PBS affiliate and broadcast outlet for Eastern New Mexico University.
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E.
WSTM-TV
WSTM-TV is a television station serving the Syracuse, New York market, known for its local news programming and affiliation with major broadcast networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct television station
ⓘ
television station ⓘ |
| analogChannel | Channel 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branding | Channel 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
Eastern Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greater Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastMedium | television ⓘ |
| callSignMeaning | NAC derived from former radio sister WNAC ⓘ |
| cityOfLicense | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| content |
local programming
ⓘ
network programming ⓘ syndicated programming ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| facilityType | full-power television station ⓘ |
| formerOwner | RKO General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | broadcasting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licenseRevocationAuthority | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| market | Boston television market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television broadcasting ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation |
ABC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ DuMont Television Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Boston’s Channel 7 for much of the 20th century ⓘ |
| operationalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| owner | RKO General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | WNAC (AM) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingType |
commercial television
ⓘ
local news ⓘ network affiliate ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rfChannel | 7 ⓘ |
| servedAs | major network affiliate in New England ⓘ |
| servedRegion | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
WNAC (AM)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WRKO (AM) NERFINISHED ⓘ WRKO-FM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successorStation |
WHDH (TV)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WNEV-TV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmissionStandard | NTSC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmissionType | over-the-air broadcast ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 7 ⓘ |
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: WNAC-TV Description of subject: WNAC-TV was a Boston-based television station that served as a major network affiliate and broadcast outlet in New England during much of the 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.