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WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston

App StoreLocal & regional news🇺🇸

No liveness check has reached it yet; it is registered on the App Store and has been in the index since 25 Sep 2026. How this is checked

WCVB NewsCenter 5 is a mobile news app for Boston and surrounding New England communities. It provides breaking-news alerts, live and on-demand newscasts, local sports coverage, weather forecasts and radar, traffic updates, and community story submissions.

Inferred · not functionally tested

FreeiOS
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Overview

6 features

Purpose: Getting timely Boston-area news, weather, traffic, sports, and emergency updates in one mobile app.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: Boston and New England residents

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Functions: collaboration

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Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: unknown

Recorded constraints: pricing: free · license: Proprietary · platforms: MOBILE · deployment: ios

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: apps.apple.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.

WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston sits in PulseGate's Local & regional news category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on getting timely Boston-area news, weather, traffic, sports, and emergency updates in one mobile app. Inferred · not functionally tested: It is built as a consumer product for boston and New England residents. Basis unknown · not verified: WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston is free to use. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for iOS.

Hearst Television builds and maintains WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston, and it first shipped in 2012. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include breaking news alerts, live newscasts, and on-demand playback.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Breaking news alerts
  • Live newscasts
  • On-demand playback
  • Sports highlights
  • Hourly forecasts
  • 10-day outlook

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
boston-newslocal-newsweather-alertslive-newscaststraffic-updates

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

Runs on
iOS

Trust & compliance

Public signals
HTTPSFree tierStore listing found

Indexing history

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed25 Sep · 22:58 UTC
    WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston seen via Apple Search Enumerator
    Source: Apple Search Enumerator · Open

Frequently asked questions about WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston

What is WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston?
Inferred · not functionally tested: WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston focuses on getting timely Boston-area news, weather, traffic, sports, and emergency updates in one mobile app. It is catalogued under Local & regional news on PulseGate.
Who is WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston for?
Inferred · not functionally tested: WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston is a consumer product built for boston and New England residents.
Is WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston free?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston is free to use.
What platforms does WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston runs on iOS.
Is WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston still active?
Unverified. WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Who develops WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston?
WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston is developed by Hearst Television, based in the United States.
When did WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston launch?
WCVB NewsCenter 5 - Boston first shipped in 2012.

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