WRIC-TV Channel 8 is the ABC affiliate for the Richmond, Virginia television market. It's owned by Young Broadcasting. The station is licensed to nearby Petersburg, while its studios are just off the Powhite Parkway extension (State Route 76) on Arboretum Place in western Chesterfield County (unincorporated Richmond). It broadcasts its analog signal on channel 8 from a transmitter that is located nearby. Its analog signal penetrates as far north ...
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WRIC-TV Channel 8 is the ABC affiliate for the Richmond, Virginia television market. It's owned by Young Broadcasting. The station is licensed to nearby Petersburg, while its studios are just off the Powhite Parkway extension (State Route 76) on Arboretum Place in western Chesterfield County (unincorporated Richmond). It broadcasts its analog signal on channel 8 from a transmitter that is located nearby. Its analog signal penetrates as far north as Gainesville and Centreville and as far south as the North Carolina state line around Lake Gaston in Bracey, Mecklenburg County.
The station's digital channel:
After the analog television shutdown on June 12, 2009, WRIC-TV remained on its current pre-transition channel number, 22 using PSIP to be displayed as virtual channel 8.
The station began operation in 1955 as WXEX-TV, an NBC affiliate. It was originally licensed to Petersburg and was owned by Thomas Tinsley, operating as Petersburg Television. During the 1950s, 60s, 70s and early 80s...
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