WJAR is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts that is licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and is one of the NBC stations with a higher channel allocation. Owned by Media General, the station shares studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston with ZGS Communications-owned Telemundo affiliate WR...
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WJAR is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts that is licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and is one of the NBC stations with a higher channel allocation. Owned by Media General, the station shares studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston with ZGS Communications-owned Telemundo affiliate WRIW-CA and Ion Television O&O; affiliate WPXQ-TV. Syndicated programming on WJAR includes: Extra, Access Hollywood, Oprah, and Ellen.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed.
WJAR-TV signed on-air 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 (AM 920, now WHJJ; and FM 95.5, now WBRU). It moved to channel 10 in 1952. WJAR signed on as...
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