NBC plans to drop WHDH-TV at year-end

BOSTON (AP) – NBC has announced plans to drop its affiliation with Boston's WHDH-TV at the end of its current contract in December and launch a network-owned station in the city next January. NBC said in a memo to employees Thursday that it will build out a local news team. NBC is owned by Comcast and already operates cable-television's New England Cable News and Spanish-language station Telemundo in the Boston market.

BOSTON (AP) – NBC has announced plans to drop its affiliation with Boston's WHDH-TV at the end of its current contract in December and launch a network-owned station in the city next January. NBC said in a memo to employees Thursday that it will build out a local news team. NBC is owned by Comcast and already operates cable-television's New England Cable News and Spanish-language station Telemundo in the Boston market.…