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WPRI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County,...

WPRI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts that is licensed to Providence. The station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter located on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. WPRI is the flagship of LIN TV Corporation and sister station to primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate WNAC-TV. The two stations share studios on Catamore Boulevard in East Providence. Even though WPRI is the flagship of LIN TV, its master control is located at a hub facility at NBC affiliate WWLP in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Syndicated programming on the station includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Judge Judy, and The Doctors. WPRI debuted on March 27, 1955 known as WPRO-TV (for PROvidence). It was Rhode Island's second television station and was first owned and operated by retailer Cherry & Webb along with WPRO radio (630 AM and 92.3 FM). WPRO-TV was originally supposed to go on the air in 1954 but ran into several delays. It originally planned to build its transmitter in Rehoboth but legal disputes with town officials forced Cherry & Webb to find a site in Johnston, Rhode Island.