WPRI 12 reporter Caroline Goggin -- who joined the station in 2016 -- has announced her last day at the station is Friday. WNAC-TV also discontinued regular analog service on February 17, 2009, and began operation of its new digital facility on channel 12. BOSTON -- A former Providence, R.I., television sports anchor and another man were indicted on rape charges Friday in an alleged sexual attack on a woman last winter in Boston. In 2009, Cranston comedian Ben Hague beat out over 100 other hopefuls. Westinghouse already owned WBZ-TV in Boston, which had affiliated with CBS earlier that year as part of an affiliation deal between Westinghouse and CBS; that station provided city-grade coverage to Providence itself, as well as New Bedford and Fall River, and at least grade B coverage to the rest of Rhode Island, while WPRI's city-grade signal, like most of the other major Rhode Island stations, decently covers most of the Boston area. Reporter — WFXT-TV (Boston, MA) Boston U.S. Former WPRI anchor Adams donating $1M to her URI endowment. Narragansett Television sold WPRI to CBS in early 1995, making it a network owned-and-operated station (and one of the last such acquisitions prior to the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's purchase of the network). Berenson is a former reporter who worked for the Times from 1999 to 2010 primarily covering the pharmaceutical industry. Hearst was forced to trade WNAC together with WDTN in Dayton, Ohio (which had to be sold to alleviate an overlap conflict with WLWT in Cincinnati) to Sunrise Television in return for WPTZ in Plattsburgh, New York, WNNE in Hartford, Vermont, and KSBW in Salinas, California. He was 88. It also aired on the second digital subchannels of WPRI and WNAC until 2007, but went cable-only due to children's programming restrictions (also known as E/I programming.) WPRI-12 Logo "Very Stressful … WPRO-TV was originally supposed to go on the air in 1953, but the station ran into several delays. This was due to the FCC rule forbidding common ownership of two stations with overlapping city-grade signals (the same rule that forced CBS to sell WPRI two years earlier). 29,774 talking about this. In this case, WNAC cannot be co-owned directly with WPRI. As seen in: WFXT-TV (Boston, MA) ... WPRI-TV (Providence, RI) ... Mass. Vieira started out as a reporter on the station in the late-1970s while Lauer was co-host of WJAR's version of PM Magazine in the early-1980s. After five years of living the dream, and working as a Sports Reporter/Anchor for WPRI in Providence, I have decided to embark on a new adventure and leave the TV industry. WPRI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts that is licensed to Providence. On January 13, 2014, WPRI announced that it would be expanding its early evening news by launching a 6:30 p.m. newscast on WNAC on January 27.[18]. Former WPXI-TV Reporter Dies Chances are you'll remember his popular catchphrase. Former KTLA reporter Marco Gonzalez releases music video Entertainment. This was joined in April 1997 by a WJAR-produced show seen weeknights on WLWC entitled TV 28 News at 10. Rather from Lamke to Schubert to former Wisconsin Radio Network … They also replay their most recent newscast on a continuous loop until the next live newscast and stream breaking news events. Nov 04, 2020 Open in Who Shared Wrong byline? In his new job, House will co-teach digital media and … share url email fbmsngr whatsapp sms. Even when it became apparent that WPRO-TV would miss its target air date, CBS opted to continue its secondary affiliation with NBC station WJAR-TV (channel 10) rather than move its programming to ABC affiliate WNET-TV (channel 16, now the present-day WNAC). Mental Health Advocate. Meet the members of the 12 News Team on WPRI 12 and Fox Providence. It was Rhode Island's third television station and was owned and operated, along with WPRO radio (630 AM and 92.3 FM), by retailer Cherry & Webb. 800 x 600 jpeg 25kB. JavaScript is disabled. The Karen L. Adams Scholarship in Communications, established in 2016, benefits junior or senior female students from Rhode Island who maintain a GPA of 3.0 or … WPRI-TV is a dual CBS/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Providence, Rhode Island, United States and also serving New Bedford, Massachusetts. Along with its own weather radar at its transmitter site in Rehoboth, the station also features live NOAA National Weather Service radar data from the Local Forecast Office on Myles Standish Boulevard in Taunton. Goggin, who suffered a stroke in 2019, became a strong advocate for stroke awareness. [12] Before this change, the main channel had aired the network in a secondary manner delaying weeknight prime time programming from 11:30 to 1:30 in the morning and Saturday prime time programming until early Sunday mornings from 12:30 to 2:30. Barbara Hamilton: works in the press office of RI Governor Don Carcieri. The FCC ruled that HMTF controlled enough Sunrise stock that the company could not own any stations in markets where LIN TV-owned a station as well. You are using an out of date browser. Just months after the sale was announced, the FCC eliminated the requirement of a waiver for common ownership of television stations in adjacent markets with substantial grade B signal overlap. 9 talking about this. Flag as Inappropriate Flag as Inappropriate. Earlier this year they celebrated their ruby wedding anniversary with a trip to Greece. See all TV Reporter salaries to learn how this stacks up in the market. USAGM Watch Commentary In a Letter to the Editor of The Washington Post, a former Voice of America journalist made various accusations against Trump-appointed management of the U.S. Agency for Glob… Right there from Charlie Sykes’ yap tank, a post from Ken Lamke, former reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Sunny Schubert of the Wisconsin State Journal.I find it amusing that time and time again, when reporters leave the fold of the Wisconsin press corps, rare is it that they join the ranks of the liberal movement. By Eric Heyl, Patch Staff. House, who announced his exit from his anchor job at WFSB-TV in September, will start his new position as a visiting fellow in digital media and communication in January, according to USJ. Sunrise Television acquired WPRI in early 2001 for $50 million. Unlike his other former and fellow colleagues, 32-year-old reporter Tom Lisi of Beechview only described one experience in his letter to the PublicSource Board of Directors. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 (or virtual channel 12 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Posted: Dec 22, 2020 / 10:53 AM PST / Updated: Dec 22, 2020 / … Regional. Helpful. Biography: Greta Kreuz is a … Presenter: Greta Kreuz, Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Former Reporter/Anchor WJLA-TV, ABC7 Covering sensitive stories like abortion, gay marriage and the Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis can put a Catholic journalist at odds with the culture. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal onVHF channel 13 from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. WPXI news anchor Darieth Chisolm to depart - Worldnews.com. All of WPRI and WNAC's weekday newscasts are streamed live on WPRI's website and mobile app. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or … There are many other interns, making it competitive to stand out. Because LIN already owned CBS affiliate WPRI and operates Fox affiliate WNAC-TV, ... Former Today hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira worked at WJAR. This estimate is based upon 1 WPRI-12 TV Reporter salary report(s) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods. On October 22, 2010, WPRI began carrying TheCoolTV music video programming on its 12.2 subchannel; it was replaced by Bounce TV in July 2013. Does anyone know where these former Channel 12 people are? They debuted the new set and modified graphics on September 20, 2011, during their 5:00 p.m. newscast. 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This station continued to share ABC with WJAR until WTEV-TV (channel 6, now WLNE-TV) signed-on in 1963. I will miss the TV world dearly, but I am excited for my next … Cons. The tape became crucial evidence in the case and WPRI reporter Jeff Derderian, who owned the nightclub with his brother, became a defendant accused of manslaughter. KINGSTON — Former WPRI Eyewitness News anchor Karen L. Adams made a $1 million commitment toward her endowment to support female students at University of Rhode Island’s Harrington School of Glenn Laxton is the Community Affairs/PR contact for WPRI. Before joining WPRI, she was an anchor and then news director at WPCQ-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina. The show was previously hosted by the weekday morning news anchor teams— Vince DeMentri and Elizabeth Hopkins from February 2009 to March 2010, Patrick Little and Hopkins from March 2010 to November 2010, and Little and Danielle North from November 2010 to December 2011. On January 27, 2016, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced plans to merge with Media General. Wpri has 1 job listed on their profile. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Traditionally, WPRI has been a solid, if usually distant, runner-up in the ratings to long-dominant WJAR. In 1989, Knight Ridder left the broadcasting business selling WPRI and WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia to Narragansett Television LP, a locally based firm. When Sunrise bought WPRI from Clear Channel in early 2001, WNAC was sold to LIN TV due to FCC regulations forbidding common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in the same market. On February 18, 2009, WNAC launched an hour-long lifestyle and entertainment magazine-type program called The Rhode Show that aired weekday mornings at 8:00 a.m. A new secondary set for the show was built with a fully functional kitchen. WJAR was the first in Rhode Island to have made the upgrade, on May 16, 2011, followed by WLNE on September 13, 2011. Now during sign off hours on weekend overnights, a loop of the stations' Doppler radar is shown. The legal disputes in Rehoboth were finally settled in late 1954, and WPRO got the go-ahead to begin construction there. Mar 15, 2019 1:31 p m ET. As one of, if not the only beat reporter specifically covering Providence City Hall, McGowan has built indispensable relationships with sources and viewers during his relatively fresh career. During the week, The Rhode Show was streamed live on WNAC's website. On March 21, 2014, LIN Media entered into an agreement to merge with Media General in a $1.6 billion deal. Glenn Laxton is the Community Affairs/PR contact for WPRI. See all TV Reporter salaries to learn how this stacks up in the market. BREAKING: Former Coventry Fire Chief Paul Labbadia has been indicted by a statewide grand jury, accused of falsely obtaining a pension. It had originally planned to build a transmitter in Rehoboth, but legal disputes with town officials forced Cherry & Webb to find a site in Johnston, Rhode Island. It operated a Bell 206L3 Long Ranger helicopter known as "News Chopper 12" until December 2008. In 2000, Clear Channel was forced to sell WPRI as a condition of being allowed to buy additional radio stations in the Providence market. The reports of her passing suggest the cause was suicide. Former WPRI Reporter Glenn Laxton Dies at 74. Cecilia Levine. By Kevin Eck on Jun. News personalities included Mort Blender and Walter Cryan while the beloved Hank Bouchard did a multitude of on-air duties. She arrived in Providence on March 1989, presenting the 6 and 11 p.m. reports, and adding the 5 p.m. report to her duties in 2002. TV Reporter salaries at WPRI-12 can range from $41,969-$45,927. WPRO-TV was then sold to Poole Broadcasting (owners of WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan) on June 16, 1967; that sale was necessary because CapCities' purchase of KTRK-TV in Houston left it one VHF station over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership limit at the time. Former White House Communications Director Predicts Biden's Victory Scaramucci, however, stated that the election results have been "tighter" than … In late 1997, Argyle merged with Hearst Broadcasting, owner of ABC affiliate WCVB-TV in Boston. > I'm going to throw out some memorable names. Tim White (born July 30, 1950) is an American news anchor and investigative reporter known for his role as host of the FOX-TV / Sci-Fi Channel / syndicated paranormal documentary series Sightings from 1992 to 1997. She shoots, edits and writes her own stories. > And have there been any sightings of George Allen? Specifically, its broadcast weeknights at 11:00 p.m. has gained enormous popularity. This newscast now airs between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.[16]. It, in turn, was acquired by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group in 2014 and merged with its two other CMS providers, Inergize Digital and Internet Broadcasting to form a new CMS unit, Lakana, as a result of a new partnership between LIN TV and NewsCorp. It was then simulcast on weekends when the main channels of WPRI and WNAC signed off overnight. article.wn.com. As seen in: WPRI-TV (Providence, RI) ... (WPRI) – A former New England mob captain was granted early release from federal prison after a federal judge in Boston ruled his health was at heightened risk during the pandemic and he was not a threat the community. WPRI and WNAC received an on-air overhaul introducing a new news set and updated graphics on March 17, 2008. In 2011, WNAC-DT2 televised local college basketball games on Wednesdays under the banner "Game Night".[13]. Former New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis is overjoyed to learn former beat reporter Manish Mehta’s credibility has taken a potentially irreparable hit. View Wpri Sports’ profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. The new sites were in a format similar to those of the Fox O&O-style web addresses used by many Fox affiliates (and which the LIN TV-owned or controlled Fox affiliates such as WNAC-TV had used) except the flashy myFox look. > Glenn Laxton is the Community Affairs/PR contact for WPRI. > I think Tom Lewis is at a Television station in Connecticut. www.unclebarky.com. Co-author of "The Last Good Heist" Within less than a year, WNET had gone dark. On-air personalities from radio and TV created newscasts together. The 27-year-old shared over the weekend that she … In the February and May 2010 Nielsen ratings period, WPRI was second in all timeslots, with its 6:00 pm newscast reaching nearly 20,000 fewer viewers than WJAR's newscast. It had originally planned to build a transmitter in Rehoboth, but legal disputes with town officials forced Cherry & Webb to find a site in Johnston, Rhode Island. Over these past five years, I have been able to meet some of the most inspiring people from around New England, and cover some of the most memorable sporting events. Gina M. Raimondo sees a growing state economy to be... Cover Story August 3, 2018 3:58 am. Education March 8, 2019 1:38 pm. 12/21/2020 2:37 p.m. Share this story; Share; Tweet; Pin It; Email; Print; 0 Comments; Fair Lawn's Michael Perrota's new Cold War novel "The Ragnarök Vaults: A Thomas Braddock Novel" went to print in November 2020. Former KDLG reporter dies, age 29, in New Mexico. Gina M. Raimondo first ran for governor, the state’s … Does anyone. The merger was completed on January 17, 2017. On cable, the subchannel is available on Cox channel 21, Comcast Xfinity digital channel 292 and Verizon Fios channel 14, and in HD on Cox digital channel 1015, Xfinity digital channel 820 and Verizon Fios digital channel 514. The charges were brought forth in an October trial that was tied to Mattiello’s 2016 re-election campaign when Britt worked for the house […] In return, WPRI does the same for its coverage of the same area. This was shared with sister stations WTNH and WCTX in New Haven, Connecticut but known separately as "Chopper 8". Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. The station debuted on March 27, 1955, known as WPRO-TV (for PROvidence). WPRI-DT2, branded on-air as MyRITV, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated second digital subchannel of WPRI-TV, broadcasting in 720p high definition on VHF channel 7.4 (or virtual channel 12.2 via PSIP). [10][11], On October 1, 2009, WNAC-DT2 became the market's MyNetworkTV affiliate after the service was moved from the main WNAC feed. Former WPRI Reporter Glenn Laxton Dies at 74. [citation needed]. However, LIN TV was forced to put WNAC back on the market almost as soon as it closed on the station's purchase due to the ownership structures of Sunrise and LIN TV. Tributes are paid to former BBC sports correspondent Kevin Gearey, who has died aged 66. Learn how she maintained credibility and effectiveness as a journalist while navigating a battle with lung cancer that upended her life. The station then planned to sign on in 1954, but Hurricane Carol destroyed the Johnston transmitter. Most of the Web sites of the television stations Media General acquired since the announced merger with Young Broadcasting have also adopted this platform. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 13,[3] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 12. WPRI-TV: President-elect Biden addresses nation after Electoral College affirms win. Christine Dunn Journal Staff Writer ChristineMDunn Saturday Feb 3, 2018 at 7:24 PM Feb 3, 2018 at 7:24 PM. Co-author of "The Last Good Heist" Channel 12's studios were originally located on the top floor of 24 Mason Street in Downtown Providence with its sister radio stations. 480 x 360 jpeg 10kB . http://www.accesshollywood.com/insideaccess/2744726/detail.html, http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=274498. More Articles Lifestyle. Other … Tony Potts is an "anchor" on one of those national entertainment gossip/news programs, but I can't think of which one. Ann Conway passed away suddenly over the weekend, her family confirms. Former BBC sports presenter Kevin Gearey, pictured in 2006. On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could have resulted in the sale of the company. 1280 x 720 jpeg 130kB. Glenn Laxton is the Community Affairs/PR contact for WPRI. On Thursday, Goggin took to Facebook to announce she will be joining 7 News in Boston. 07-08-2005, 03:37 PM #5 Skynet74 This sale allowed the merger between Sunrise and LIN TV to be completed the following month. Previously, she was an anchor and reporter at KTVE/KARD in Monroe, LA, since 2017. When Gov. Newscasts in the interim aired from The Rhode Show studio. Adams is the second longest-serving female newsreader in Providence working at WPRI for 21 years, Patrice Wood of WJAR, 40 years. It wanted to trade on the well-known WPRO calls and also realized that "PRI" could stand for Providence, Rhode Island. However, that was dropped in September when the WJAR LMA with WLWC ended. In 2004, an hour-long extension of WPRI's weekday morning show was added to WNAC at 7:00 a.m. branded as Eyewitness News This Morning on Fox Providence. SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Former WPRI-TV CBS 12 news anchor Karen L. Adams has pledged to make a $1 million donation to her endowment to... Gov. LIN TV continued to operate WNAC under the same LMA it inherited from Sunrise. Eyewitness News has won the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press News Station of the Year award nine years in a row since 2004, its most recent coming in May 2012. In this episode, Bill Bartholomew sits down with WPRI Providence political reporter Dan McGowan. KINGSTON, R.I. — March 8, 2019 — Former WPRI Eyewitness News anchor Karen L. Adams H’10 has made a $1 million commitment toward her endowment to support female students at URI’s Harrington School of Communication and Media. As a result, CBS opted to keep WBZ-TV and sell WPRI to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) on July 1, 1996, after less than ten months of ownership. October 1, 2017. Shortly after Clear Channel took over the station, WPRI entered in a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Fox affiliate WNAC (then owned by Argyle Television). Set reconfiguration began on July 22, 2011. Former ITV reporter to lead White House-style Downing Street briefings Chancellor Rishi Sunak's communications director Allegra Stratton has been poached to … In 2008, Boston-area radio deejay Shawn Tempesta won the contest out of over 140 people. In February 2008, WPRI agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit against the station, parent company LIN TV, and Butler. WPRI-12 salary trends based on salaries posted anonymously by WPRI-12 employees. It was expanded to one hour in mid-1995. AP Dec 8, 2020 at 11:50a ET . Arrangements Set For Former WPXI-TV Reporter Stuart Brown | Peters, PA Patch. That day, MyRITV was moved to WPRI-DT2 (so that WLWC's programming could, in turn, be moved to WNAC-DT2), to balance bandwidth among all four of Nexstar's major network affiliations in Providence. WPRI swapped affiliations with WTEV and became an ABC affiliate on June 27, 1977, after this sale as a result of a corporate affiliation deal between ABC and Knight Ridder (WTEN, then a CBS station, would switch to ABC several months later in October; WPRI's former owners, Capital Cities Communications, would later buy ABC in 1985). Mayor / One America News Network: Fresh off Electoral College win, Biden to stump in Georgia for Democratic Senate candidates. Halperin made the announcement in a tweet on Wednesday. CapCities retained ownership of the WPRO radio stations until 1993, with the last seven years of their ownership saw the stations being ABC-owned stations affiliated with the ABC Radio Network. A man who wore many hats at WPRI has died. WNAC operates under the license of the old WNET-TV, which was forced off-the-air in 1956 largely due to the presence of WPRI. Goggin's Personal Message. WPRI reporter and anchor Caroline Goggin says she is recovering after suffering a stroke last week. > > I think Tom Lewis is at a Television station in. The weather channel was eliminated in 2010. As of the November 2010 sweeps period, this newscast on WPRI is the most watched in Rhode Island while WJAR continues its dominance in all other time periods.[15]. “KDLG is heartbroken by her passing. Julianne is the weekend morning anchor and a morning reporter at WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island -- a CBS and FOX affiliate. Sunrise merged with LIN TV in May 2002. The Karen L. Adams Scholarship in Communications was established in 2016 to benefit Rhode Island women… Famous quotes containing the words anchors and/or reporters: “ The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. The two stations share studios on Catamore Boulevard in East Providence, Rhode Island; WPRI-TV's transmitter is located on Pine Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has spent years, if not … [7][8] The merger was completed on December 19, 2014.[9]. The other LIN TV-owned stations (irrespective of network affiliations) followed suit within two months ending the company's long partnership with WorldNow. Former Journal reporter Mike Stanton, who shared The Journal's fourth Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for exposing state court corruption, is one of them. 212 talking about this. WPRI 12 reporter Caroline Goggin -- who joined the station in 2016 -- has announced her last day at the station is Friday. It was eventually cancelled, but was brought back early in 2009 as a lead-in to The Rhode Show. The fire broke out in the old administration building of the Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center on Trapelo Road in … Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Share on WhatsApp; Share via Email; Copy Link; Link Copied! In 2012, former WJAR meteorologist Dylan Dreyer became began doing weekend weather on Today. Longtime Eyewitness News anchor and “Face the State” moderator Dennis House accepted a position at West Hartford's University of St. Joseph teaching digital media. Former Enquirer reporter and trailblazing Black journalist Allen Howard died Wednesday at his home in Alexandria, Ky., in the presence of his wife, Deborah. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 (or virtual channel 12 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. WWLP Springfield/Holyoke, Massachusetts Branding 22 News Slogan Working For You Channels Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 22 (PSIP) Subchannels 22.1: NBC 22.2: CW+ 22.3: Ion Television 22.4: Court TV Mystery Translators 28 WFXQ-CD (UHF) Owner Nexstar Media Group First air date March 17, 1953 Call letters' meaning William L. Putnam (founder and longtime owner) Sister station(s) WPRI-TV, WNAC-TV,WTNH, WCTX Former channel number(s) 61 (UHF analog, 1953-1955) 22 (UHF analog, 1955-2009) 32 WRLP-T… TV Anchor/ Reporter. Since then, however, WPRI has mounted a spirited challenge to WJAR's dominance. WPRO-TV was originally supposed to go on the air in 1953, but the station ran into several delays. You must log in or register to reply here. Footage previously shot from the chopper was still used for B-Roll as stories warranted or at the end of a newscast. Tributes are being paid to former BBC sports reporter Kevin Gearey, who has died at the age of 66 after a long illness. Goggin posted the following to Facebook: "Life update - Tomorrow is my … ... Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner: Jon Ossoff: Former John Lewis intern who could be Democrats' best hope in Georgia in years. This was to accommodate the move of MyRITV, the market's MyNetworkTV affiliate, from WNAC-DT2 to WPRI-DT2 as part of a broader shuffle where the programming and CW affiliation of WLWC's main channel was purchased by Nexstar several months before after WLWC's owner, OTA Broadcasting, sold their spectrum in the FCC's 2016 incentive auction and decided on a channel share with WPXQ-TV. Ever since its inception, WPRI-DT2's over-the-air signal had broadcast in 480i standard definition; however, in October 2017, it was upgraded to 720p HD. Regional. Boston girl. It aired a vigorous promotion called "Survive the Switch" so television viewers in Providence would be prepared for this changeover. At midnight on September 10, 1995, WPRI reversed the 1977 swap with WLNE and officially rejoined CBS. Photo Credit: Cecilia Levine. On October 2, 2017, the Bounce TV subchannel was moved to channel 12.3, replacing GetTV, which moved to a newly created 12.4 subchannel. Lisi said he had been hired at PublicSource in February of 2019, with a focus in economic development reporting. The main channel re-aired the show weekday afternoons at 1:00 p.m. with WNAC-DT2 (MyRITV) (now WPRI-DT2) doing the same at 4:00 p.m. — investigators are probing an overnight fire at the site of a former state mental facility in Waltham where a holiday light show that has caused controversy was on display. PROVIDENCE – Jeffrey Britt, the former aide to House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, was acquitted Wednesday by R.I. Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini of money-laundering charges and allegations of violating campaign-finance laws. On August 31, 2020, WPRI dropped the Eyewitness News branding after 18 years; WPRI's newscasts are now branded as 12 News, while WNAC's newscasts are now branded as 12 News Now on Fox Providence. 9, 2016 - 1:22 PM Comment. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which also operates dual Fox/CW affiliate WNAC-TV (channel 64) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Super Towers, Inc. In October 2008, WPRI and sister station WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama relaunched websites through News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media, since spun off as the independent company known as EndPlay. It may not display this or other websites correctly. MyRITV continued to re-air the show at 2:00 p.m. on weekdays until 2013. Tim White is the investigative reporter for CBS affiliate WPRI in Providence, RI. Chelsea Jones is a Weekend Anchor and Reporter for WPRI in Providence, RI. 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