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Emergency fix puts 4 Boston TV stations back on air

By Hiawatha Bray

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 11, 2012

Three Boston TV stations that were knocked off the air Sunday by a technical glitch returned to service on Tuesday afternoon. Over-the-air broadcasts from CBS Corp. stations WBZ-TV Channel 4 and WSBK-TV Channel 38, ABC network affiliate WCVB-TV Channel 5, and PBS station WGBX-TV Channel 44 shut down at about 8 p.m. Sunday. All four stations share the same antenna, located atop a 1,200-foot tower in Needham. WCVB-TV quickly resumed broadcasting through a backup antenna but the other three stations have stayed off the air.

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