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Overview
Licensed to Providence, Rhode Island, WPVD-TV carries PBS programming for viewers in the Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA market.
Viewers find it on channel 36. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 2, which is why a rescan sometimes matters. WPVD-TV operates on a shared channel with another licensee, an arrangement the FCC allows.
The FCC license is held by Ocean State Media Group. It first signed on in 1967. It has used the WPVD-TV call letters since July 2026.
FCC records list the station's main studio at 50 Park Lane in Providence, RI. Schedules and local news are on its website, ripbs.org.
Channel and license details
- Call sign
- WPVD-TV
- Network
- PBS
- Virtual channel
- 36
- RF channel
- 2
- City of license
- Providence, Rhode Island
- TV market
- Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
- Licensee
- Ocean State Media Group
- On the air since
- 1967
- Call sign since
- July 2026
- Studio address
- 50 Park Lane, Providence, RI 02907
- FCC facility ID
- 56092
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- ripbs.org
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Location
WPVD-TV at a glance
- Network
- PBS
- Channel
- 36 (RF 2)
- Licensed to
- Providence, RI
- TV market
- Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
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