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WJAR-TV signed on for the first time on July 10, 1949, broadcasting on channel 11. It was Rhode Island's first television station and the fourth in New England.It was owned by The Outlet Company, a department store chain headquartered in Providence, along with WJAR radio (920 AM, now WHJJ; and 95.5 FM, now occupied by WLVO).
Patrice Wood, born Holly Patrice Wood, is an American journalist, who works as the main news anchor for WJAR, the NBC affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island.She also serves as the education reporter and the Tuesday´s Child segment host.
The Outlet Company was formed in 1891 when brothers Joseph and Leon Samuels opened a department store at 176 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence. Known as The Outlet , it quickly became a Providence landmark to the point of occupying an entire city block and attracting shoppers from all over southern New England .
Douglas Cameron White (October 2, 1944 – August 15, 2006) was an American news anchor. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, and an alumnus of Bates College, White's first work in television was at WGBH-TV while at Boston University on a work fellowship. White worked at WPRI-TV, located in Providence, Rhode Island, for six years.
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]
Providence: 10 25 WJAR: NBC: Charge! on 10.2, Comet on 10.3, TBD on 10.4 12 12 WPRI-TV: CBS MyNet on 12.2, True Crime on 12.3, Dabl on 12.4 36 2 WSBE-TV: PBS: Learn on 36.2 64 12 WNAC-TV: Fox: CW on 64.2, Rewind TV on 64.3, Antenna TV on 64.4 Providence: Newport: 69 17 WPXQ-TV: Ion: Laff on 69.2, Scripps News on 69.3, Bounce TV on 69.4, Defy TV ...
She arrived in Providence in March 1989, anchoring the 6 and 11 p.m. reports, and adding the 5 p.m. report to her duties in 2002. Adams is the second-longest-serving female newscaster in Providence working at WPRI-TV for 21 years, Patrice Wood of WJAR, 40 years. Karan Adams' final broadcast on WPRI-TV was on Thursday, December 30, 2010. [3]
Providence is the center of Southern New England's broadcasting market, which also encompasses Bristol County, Massachusetts, which includes the cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The city is served by television stations representing every major American television network, as well as radio stations originating from Providence and Boston.