WCVB-TV in Boston presently broadcasts 43 hours, 55 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 35 minutes each weekday, 5 hours on Saturdays and 6 hours on Sundays). Going back to November 26, 1957, when Channel 5 was under the then-call letters WHDH-TV, its newscast branding was WHDH-TV News, before it's final newscast on March 18, 1972. During that time, the people work for the news there anchoring were John Day, Jack Hynes (who joined the station in 1958), John Henning (who joined the station in 1968) and Chet Curtis (who also joined the station in 1968). Also at that time, Don Gillis (who joined the station on October 1, 1962) did sports reports, and then the weather reports were done by Fred B. Cole, then by Ray Miller, and finally by Bob Copeland (who joined the team in 1967), when the original Channel 5 under its original call letters WHDH-TV sign-off for the final time. The next day, on March 19, 1972, when the new Channel 5 was sign-on for the first time, this time for the first time with its new call letters: WCVB-TV, the news department branded its newscast as News 5 (which would be used for just one year). On that same day, Natalie Jacobson joined the team as a reporter, as did Jim Boyd, and as was Dr. Timothy Johnson (who became the station's medical reporter). In 1973, the news department rebranded all of its newscasts under its new name: NewsCenter 5. Also in 1973, Channel 5 became the first station in the Boston market to have live field reporters on a daily basis. On September 24, 1973, WCVB-TV premiered its weekday morning news program Good Morning!. In 1976, Natalie Jacobson became the first female anchor in Boston television news history, by co-anchoring the 6 p.m. weeknight newscast. On August 2, 1976, the station renamed its weekday morning news program under its new title name: Good Day (which would remain until its final episode on October 11, 1991). In the late 1970s, WCVB-TV began launched its weekday morning newscast titled: NewsCenter 5 EyeOpener. In 1978, Tom Ellis joined the station, to join the co-anchoring duo of Chet Curtis and Natalie Jacobson, which means Ellis and Curtis would alternate between the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weeknight newscasts, with Jacobson being the consultant. Also in 1978, Dick Albert joined the station as lead weathercaster. In 1980, Mary Richardson joined the station as reporter and anchor. In 1981, Susan Wornick joined the station as a general assignment reporter, and so did Pam Cross. Also in 1981, Jack Harper joined the team as reporter. In March 1982, Mike Lynch joined the sports team of NewsCenter 5, as a sports report and weekend sports anchor. Then, in Spring 1982, Ellis left the station, Curtis and Jacobson were named co-anchors for the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weeknight newscasts. In January 1983, Janet Wu joined the station as a reporter. In 1984, WCVB-TV became the first television station in the Boston market to use a mobile satellite van for newsgathering. Also in 1984, Keith Olbermann joined the station briefly to do the sports for just 1 year before he left. In 1985, Mike Lynch was promoted to weeknight sports anchor and sports director. In 1986, Channel 5 became the first station in the Boston television market to completely closed-caption for all of its newscasts. In 1988, Ed Harding joined the station as weekend sports anchor and reporter. In 1990, Don Gillis retired from doing sports for NewsCenter 5. In 1993, Bob Copeland retired from WCVB-TV as a weathercaster. In the late 1990s, Heather Khan and Anthony Everett were named co-anchors for the 5:30 p.m. weeknight newscast. In Late 2000, Chet Curtis left Channel 5 as lead news anchor, and he was replaced by Anthony Everett, co-anchoring the weeknight newscasts with Natalie Jacobson. Just before 2001, the station's sports segments were branded as "SportsCenter 5", and the station's weather segments were rebranded as "WeatherCenter 5". In March 2001, after 7 years as anchor and health reporter, Heather Khan left WCVB-TV, and was replaced by Liz Brunner as Anthony Everett's co-anchor for the 5:30 p.m. weeknight newscast. In June 2001, Heather Unruh joined the station as reporter. In Mid-October 2001, WCVB launched its weather radar: "StormTrak 5 Live Doppler", which is currently known today as "Storm Team 5 HD Doppler". In April 2002, Harvey Leonard joined Channel 5, to become co-chief meteorologists with Dick Albert, which would be for the next 7 years. In 2003, Bob Halloran joined the station as a freelance anchor/reporter before he would be appointed full-time as anchor/reporter for sports in 2014. In 2004, Ed Harding was promoted to co-anchor for the 11 p.m. weeknight newscast. In February 2007, Mike Wankum joined the station as the weekend evening meteorologist. On May 14, 2007, WCVB-TV became the first television station in the Boston market to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition. On July 18, 2007, Natalie Jacobson retired after anchoring her final newscast for WCVB-TV. In February 2009, after 31 years of doing weather, Dick Albert retired, and Harvey Leonard was named chief meteorologist for NewsCenter 5's weather team. In 2010, after 30 years, Mary Richardson retired. On September 7, 2010, WCVB-TV expanded its weekday morning newscast to 2½ hours, with its start time moved to 4:30 a.m. 4 days later, on September 11, 2010, the weekend morning newscast was expanded to 3 hours, running from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. In Late 2012, after 40 years with WCVB-TV, Dr. Timothy Johnson retired as medical reporter. In Spring 2013, Cindy Fitzgibbon joined the station as a weathercaster. On October 17, 2013, after 20 years with the station, Liz Brunner left after her final newscast. On November 8, 2015, WCVB-TV launched a new 5 p.m. weekend newscasts. On January 11, 2016, WCVB-TV added two additional weekday newscasts, one at 4 p.m. and a second at 7 p.m. In March 2016, Pam Cross retired from WCVB-TV after 35 years. On April 5, 2018, WCVB-TV implemented an updated version of Hearst Television's standardized graphics package for its newscasts, beginning with the noon weekday newscast. In August 2019, Mike Lynch retired from WCVB-TV after doing sports on NewsCenter 5. On May 25, 2022, Harvey Leonard retired from television weather forecasting, and Cindy Fitzgibbon was officially named chief meteorologist while doing weather for the weekday morning and noon weekday newscasts. Also at that time, Mike Wankum was named the weathercaster for the weeknight newscasts.