Are Big Changes Coming to NBC in Boston?

The rumor mill is abuzz about WHDH-TV in Boston, due to the departure of Chief Meteorologist Pete Bouchard.

The Boston Herald is reporting the Boston television landscape could be in for a overhaul in 2017.

Reports say NBC programming moves from Channel 7 to a new station called NBC Boston — which will air on WNEU (Ch. 60) — and the powerhouse network is already assembling a news team that includes just-departed 7News weatherman Pete Bouchard.

Bouchard, the popular longtime Channel 7 chief meteorologist, left the station earlier this week and will report for duty at New England Cable News, which is owned by NBC and parent company Comcast.

NBC also is wooing former Fox 25 anchor Maria Stephanos for its Boston news operation.