WCVB-TV Channel 5, media sponsor of Design Home 2006, is delighted to offer you and three friends a behind-the-scenes tour of the studio with your favorite anchor person or reporter. Since its on-air debut on March 19, 1972, WCVB-TV has attracted more viewers than any other area station to its comprehensive and insightful news, through coverage of special events, thought-provoking original programming, and broad range of entertainment offerings. No station in America has been honored with so many of broadcasting's top awards. WCVB prides itself on being on the cutting edge of new technology, becoming among the first in the country to have a presence on the Internet and, in 1996, becoming the first local station to report more than 1 million web site hits in a single week. Located in Needham, Channel 5 also has the region's most sophisticated weather technology, New England's first HDTV channel, highly advanced digital newsgathering trucks, and a new state-of-the-art newsroom.