Overview
- WCVB and the Boston Globe reported that Jim Boyd died on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at age 84 after a period of failing health.
- Boyd began his TV career in 1961 in the mailroom at New York’s NET/WNET and later worked as a producer on NET programs and on WGBH’s 'Say Brother'.
- He joined WCVB in 1972, rose from general assignment reporter to weekend, morning and midday anchor, and retired from the station at the end of 2008.
- His work earned the Golden Circle award from NATAS New England in 2011 and induction into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2012, and he completed a bachelor’s degree from Tufts in 2013.
- Boyd was noted for regular visits to schools and youth groups and for mentoring colleagues; he is survived by his wife, Linda Polach, and three daughters, and memorial arrangements were not immediately available.