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WRIW-CD

WRIW-CD

TranslatorofWYCN-LD, Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island United States
Channels	Digital: 2 (VHF), shared with WSBE-TV[1] Virtual: 51
Branding	Telemundo Providence Noticiero Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	51.1: Telemundo 51.2: Cozi TV 51.3: Oxygen
Ownership
Owner	Telemundo Station Group (NBC Telemundo License LLC)
Sister stations	Broadcast: WYCN-LD, WNEU, WBTS-CD, WVIT, WRDM-CD Cable: NECN, NBC Sports Boston
History
First air date	June 7, 1993 (31 years ago) (1993-06-07)
Former call signs	W23AS (1989–1995) WRIW-LP (1995–2008) WRIW-CA (2008–2013)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 23 (UHF, 1993–1999), 50 (UHF, 1999–2013) Digital: 50 (UHF, 2013–2015), 36 (UHF, 2015–2018), 17 (UHF, shared with WPXQ-TV and WLWC, 2018–2021) Virtual: 50 (2012–2018)
Former affiliations	Independent (1993–1995) America One (1995–2000)
Call sign meaning	Rhode Island, Warwick
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70184
Class	CD
ERP	13.6 kW[1]
HAAT	273.4 m (897 ft)[1]
Transmitter coordinates	41°51′55.4″N 71°17′12.7″W / 41.865389°N 71.286861°W / 41.865389; -71.286861[1]
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.telemundonuevainglaterra.com

WRIW-CD (channel 51) is a Class A television stationinProvidence, Rhode Island, United States. It is a standard-definition translatorofTelemundo owned-and-operated station WYCN-LD (channel 8) which is owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WRIW-CD's parent station maintains studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston (shared with NBC affiliate WJAR [channel 10], owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group).

Under a channel sharing arrangement,^[1] WRIW-CD shares transmitter facilities with PBS member station WSBE-TV (channel 36) on Pine Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Despite WRIW-CD legally holding a low-power Class A license, it transmits using WSBE-TV's full-power spectrum. This ensures complete reception across the Providence–New Bedford, Massachusetts television market.

At one point, the station broadcast English-language programming, including locally produced programs hosted by former air talent at WHIM.^[3] WRIW-LP became a Telemundo affiliate in 2000;^[4] ZGS Communications then acquired the station from Viking Broadcasting in 2003.^[5][6]

On July 29, 2012, WRIW-CA began broadcasting its signal in digital from the WJAR tower in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and subsequently changed its call sign to WRIW-CD on January 7, 2013.^[7]

On December 4, 2017, NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group announced its purchase of ZGS' 13 television stations, including WRIW-CD. This made WRIW the second television station in the Providence market to have been an owned-and-operated station under NBC ownership—after WJAR (channel 10, now an NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group), which was owned by the network from 1996 to 2006.^[8] The sale was completed on July 20, 2018.^[9]

In October 2019, WRIW-CD began simulcasting low-power WYCN-LD in order to reach the entire Providence−New Bedford market (the latter station changed its city of license to Providence and moved its transmitter to Norton, Massachusetts).

WRIW-CD began simulcasting the newscasts of Boston sister station WNEU on July 20, 2018, immediately following the completion of the sale to NBCUniversal. In the announcement, WNEU president and general manager Mike St. Peter stated his intention to hire a Providence-based reporter for the newscast.^[10]

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