WYCN-LD (channel 8) is a low-power television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network Telemundo.

Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, the station has studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston, Rhode Island (shared with NBC affiliate WJAR (channel 10), owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group), and its transmitter is located on East Main Street in Norton, Massachusetts.

At the time, NBC did not announce which station(s) would be used to carry the new service over-the-air, and WHDH's owner Sunbeam Television sued NBCUniversal under the presumption that it planned to only use WNEU, contending that doing so would have considerably reduced the ability of viewers to receive the network over the air in Boston, thus bolstering the cable services provided by NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast in the area.

Until April 1, 2018, NBC also leased a subchannel of WMFP (virtual channel 60.5) in Lawrence, to provide a full-power signal for viewers in the Boston area.

[11] WTMU resumed broadcasting operations in December 2006; it reduced its effective radiated power and relocated its transmitter to a tower in Medford to alleviate the interference.

This prompted speculation in the industry that NBC was preparing to take the network affiliation from WHDH (channel 7) after its existing agreement expired at the end of 2016.

In a feature article, Broadcasting & Cable described Boston as a "treasured quarry" for NBC and noted that WHDH's owner, Sunbeam Television president Edmund Ansin, had no desire to sell.

Following the reports, Paul Magnes, WHDH's vice president and general manager, told the Herald that the station still expected its NBC affiliation to be renewed, while NBCUniversal declined to comment.

In court, Ansin argued that WNEU's transmitter, which was not centrally located at the time, did not provide adequate coverage and served 4 million fewer people.

[31][32][33] On May 16, 2016, the lawsuit was dismissed; the judge found that the signal issue was "not a concern that WHDH has standing to redress" and noted, "[A]bsent any actionable harm attributable to Comcast, it is simply an indurate consequence of doing business in a competitive and unsentimental marketplace.

[43][a] On November 1, 2016, NBCUniversal officially announced that it would broadcast its NBC Boston on WBTS-LD and a subchannel of WNEU, as well as details surrounding the station's launch programming and news department.

[47][48] The NBC affiliation switch in Boston also affected many cable systems in Atlantic Canada, which use Boston-market TV stations to provide the major U.S. networks.

Promotion ahead of the launch included audio and transit advertising as well as pop-up events where news anchors handed out hot chocolate at shopping centers.

Among these stations was WMFP,[54] which entered into a channel sharing agreement with WWDP, whose signal is marginal in Boston and other areas to the north.