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Overview
Licensed to Providence, Rhode Island, WPRI-TV carries CBS programming for viewers in the Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA market.
Key facts
- Call sign
- WPRI-TV
- Network
- CBS (subchannels: MyNetworkTV)
- Virtual channel
- 12
- RF channel
- 7
- City of license
- Providence, Rhode Island
- TV market
- Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
- Licensee
- Nexstar Media Inc.
- On the air since
- 1955
- Studio address
- 25 Catamore Blvd, East Providence, RI 02914
- FCC facility ID
- 47404
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wpri.com
On screen it is channel 12, though WPRI-TV actually transmits on RF channel 7. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan. The station's subchannels add MyNetworkTV.
Nexstar Media Inc. holds the station's FCC license. It first signed on in 1955.
FCC records list the station's main studio at 25 Catamore Blvd in East Providence, RI. Schedules and local news are on its website, www.wpri.com.
In its 2025 children's television report to the FCC, WPRI-TV listed educational programs including Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, Wild About Animals and Vets Saving Pets.
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Location
WPRI-TV at a glance
- Network
- CBS
- Channel
- 12 (RF 7)
- Licensed to
- Providence, RI
- TV market
- Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
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