WRIW-CD

WRIW-CD
Channels
Branding
  • Telemundo Providence
  • Noticiero Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
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)
Call sign meaning
Rhode Island, Warwick
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70184
ClassCD
ERP13.6 kW[1]
HAAT273.4 m (897 ft)[1]
Transmitter coordinates41°51′55.4″N 71°17′12.7″W / 41.865389°N 71.286861°W / 41.865389; -71.286861[1]
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.telemundonuevainglaterra.com

WRIW-CD (channel 51) is a Class A television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is a standard-definition translator of Telemundo 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.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Modification of a Licensed Facility for Digital Class A TV Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRIW-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.