on may 21, 1982, rko general lost the license to broadcast and channel 7 was taken over by new england television on may 22. the channel was renamed wnev-tv. new england television bought a radio station known as whdh in 1989, and in january, 1990, channel 7 was renamed whdh-tv. on january 2, 1995, channel 7 stopped showing cbs programs and began showing nbc programs. before then, nbc programs were shown on wbz-tv, channel 4, which now shows cbs programs. the reason for this switch is because wbz-tv's owners merged with the cbs network.