WXSB

WXSB is the Rainbow Dash Network station serving Boston, Massachusetts. It broadcasts on channel 2. WXSB is one of five superstations available by various cable and satellite systems (The others are KMLP, WMLP, KRDV and WRDN).

History
WXSB signed on the air on November 24, 1965 as an independent station. It was one of the top rated independent stations in Massachusetts. In 1970, WXSB was the first station in the nation to provide an hourly news update throughout the day (a precursor to the "24 Hour News Source" format which was famous among news stations in the 1990s). In 1996, WXSB attained its first affiliate with the WB television Network. WXSB was known on air as "WB 2" or "Boston's WB" until 2006 when WXSB aquired the CW affiliation. In 2011 WXSB dumped the CW affiliation to become Boston's affiliate of the newly launched Rainbow Dash Network.

Superstation status
In 1986, Eastern Microwave began relaying the signal of WXSB via microwave to cable providers across America.