Bellingham Translator District

The Bellingham Translator District is the name for the translator district for the town of Bellingham, Massachusetts. The translator district's coverage encompasses Bellingham and all of Norfolk County, along with whatever other areas that can get signal from the translators.

FCC Request
In 2015, inspired by the Spyder Valley Translator District, WEAT-TV filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to build a translator on Great Blue Hill in order to increase signal strength within Norfolk County. This is to allow more programming to show within the county.

On January 1st, 2016, the FCC signed the authorization, and construction on the transmitter began on January 7th after the last leg of funding came in.

Signal Testing
Technicians began testing signal strength, and receiver power on January 23rd, 2016, as the translator came into completion. All testing was completed the next day.

Opening Day
At 12:35 PM EDT, the translator district came on the air, with radio stations like WKAF and WERT announcing that if you lived in Norfolk County, your TV antennas should be turned towards Great Blue Hill to receive the best signal possible.

Ratings
All stations included in the district gained very high ratings soon after the startup of the district.