Media in Rhode Island
Overview
- 10/WJARWJARWJAR is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in Rehoboth, Massachusetts...
-Cranston (NBC) - 12/WPRI-TVWPRI-TVWPRI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts that is licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts...
-Providence (CBS) - 36/WSBE-TVWSBE-TVWSBE-TV is Rhode Island's only public television station. The license is owned by the Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority, a quasi-state agency. The station began broadcasting on June 8, 1967 from the campus of Rhode Island College. In 1974, WSBE moved to the former WPRO-TV facilities...
-Providence (PBS) - 50/WRIW-CA-Providence (Telemundo)
- 64/WNAC-TVWNAC-TVWNAC-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts...
-Providence (FOX/My Network TV) - 69/WPXQWPXQWPXQ-TV is a television station in the Providence, Rhode Island market. The station is owned and operated by Ion Media Networks as an affiliate of the Ion Television network...
-Block Island (i)
- 6/WLNE-TVWLNE-TVWLNE-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Rhode Island and the South Coast of Massachusetts. It is licensed to New Bedford, Massachusetts, but is headquartered in and operates from studios at 10 Orms Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It is one of two major Rhode Island...
-New Bedford, MA (ABC) (WLNE isn't a Rhode Island TV station but does serve as the ABC affiliate for the Providence, RI TV Market) - 28/WLWCWLWCWLWC is the CW-affiliated television station licensed to New Bedford but which operates out of Providence and acts largely as a Rhode Island station despite its licensing. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 from a transmitter in the Ashley Heights section of East...
-New Bedford, MA (CW) (WLWC isn't a Rhode Island TV station but does serve as the CW affiliate for the Providence, RI TV Market).
- 550/WBZS Pawtucket: Business
- 630/WPROWPRO (AM)WPRO is a radio station located in Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by Cumulus Media, and airs a talk format. WPRO's studio and transmitter are located in East Providence, at the Salty Brine Broadcast Center, named after WPRO's longtime morning host...
Providence: (NewsTalk 630 WPRO): News/Talk - 790/WPRV Providence: News/Talk, Yankee baseball
- 920/WHJJWHJJWHJJ is a radio station in Providence, Rhode Island. The station was previously assigned the call letters WJAR, adopting its current call letters in 1980 when previous owner Outlet Communications sold the station.-History:...
Providence: (TalkRadio 920 WHJJ): News/Talk, Pawsox baseball - 990/WALEWALEWALE is a radio station licensed to the community of Greenville, Rhode Island, and serving the Providence, Rhode Island, area. The station is owned by Cumbre Communications Corp. The station is currently silent.-WLKW:...
-Greenville: Variety - 1110/WPMZWPMZWPMZ is a radio station licensed to serve East Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by Video Mundo Broadcasting Co., LLC. It airs a Spanish Tropical format....
East Providence: (Poder 1110): Spanish (Daytime only) - 1140/NEW-Greenville: Construction permit
- 1180/WCRI Hope Valley: Classical
- 1220/WSTLWSTLWSTL is a radio station licensed to serve Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by New England Christian Media, a subsidiary of Faith Christian Center, a large charismatic church in nearby Seekonk, Massachusetts...
Providence: Religion - 1230/WBLQ Westerly: Full Service
- 1240/WOONWOONWOON is Woonsocket, Rhode Island's oldest radio station, having taken to the air on November 11, 1946 as WWON, a callsign it kept until the current WOON became available in 1992. The change in call became effective on February 3, 1992. On June 26, 1949 WWON added a sister station with WWON-FM on...
Woonsocket: Full service - 1290/WRNIWRNI (AM)WRNI is a radio station in Providence, Rhode Island broadcasting Spanish-language public radio programming. It is owned by Rhode Island Public Radio, but brokers its airtime to Latino Public Radio.-History:...
Providence: National Public Radio - 1380/WNRIWNRIWNRI is a radio station located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The station has a news & talk radio format and has been owned by Bouchard Broadcasting Inc. since 2004...
Woonsocket: News/Talk - 1450/WLKW West Warwick: Adult Standards
- 1540/WADKWADKWADK is a radio station licensed to serve Newport, Rhode Island. The station is owned by Astro Tele-Communications Corp. It airs a News/Talk format....
Newport: Full service - 1590/WARVWARV (AM)WARV is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Warwick, Rhode Island, USA, the station serves the Providence area. The station is currently owned by Blount Communications, Inc. and features programming from Salem Communications....
Warwick: Religion
Other radio stations from Connecticut & Massachusetts can be heard in parts of or all of Rhode Island.
Quotations
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn’t even get out of committee.
F. Lee Bailey, Newsweek, 17 April 1967.