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 occupied by WBRU). For many years in the 1970s, WJAR-TV broadcast men's basketball games of Providence College and the University of Rhode Island, with Chris Clark calling play-by-play. (AP) A former western Pennsylvania television weatherman . The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 51,[22] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 10. The network, during this time, pushed Fant to sell WLWC. Im looking forward to getting back in the workforce and a return to some normalcy., Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, Former Rhode Island Meteorologist Says TV News is Unequivocally Unfair to Women, An error has occurred, please try again later. Longtime political reporter Bill Rappleye is leaving WJAR 10 the local Sinclair Broadcasting station. The Columbus Dispatch Molly Brewer, a WBNS-TV (Channel 10) Wake Up CBUS traffic anchor and reporter, announced on her social media Thursday morning that she is leaving the station. November 24 marked Meaghan Mooneys last day at Channel 10. Brad Johansen Leaving NBC4 Columbus: Where Is the Anchor Going? WLNE will sometimes air news at that time on its 24-hour cable news station, "NewsChannel 5", whenever significant news events occur or programming delays the WNAC broadcast. He was 69. January 16, 1988: Jimmy Snyder, better known as Jimmy the Greek, was fired by CBS after a 12-year stint on the network as an analyst following a racial comment he made to a reporter. According to her statement, the pandemic has caused Mooney to re-evaluate and reassess some of my life goals and explore new possibilities. Whatever those goals are, were sure they also include her fiance, Matt. For all intents and purposes, this undid the NBC-Outlet merger a decade earlier. The department store remained standing until 1986, when it burned to the ground in a spectacular fire. When WNET-TV went dark in 1956, WJAR shared ABC programming with WPRO-TV until WTEV (now WLNE-TV) signed on in 1963. The biggest hit to date has been at the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio. It lost ABC in 1953 when WNET-TV (channel 16, now WNAC-TV on channel 64) signed on, and lost CBS in 1955 when WPRO-TV (now WPRI-TV) launched. Providence Journal | wjar. WJAR was one of four NBC O&Os in smaller markets that were put up for sale on January 9, 2006, along with stations in Columbus, Birmingham, Alabama, and Raleigh, North Carolina. It was around this time that the station's studios were moved to their current location in an industrial area of Cranston just south of Providence. Starting in 1969, Dick has worked 51 years in radio news. Signal Hire. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 26. However, it also airs on Saturday nights unlike the other channel's weeknight production. Shark Tanks OLeary Says Massachusetts Is UninvestableShark Tank's O'Leary Says, PC Beaten Badly by Seton Hall, Third Loss in Four GamesPC Beaten Badly by, Former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn Recalls Playing on PCs 1963 NIT Championship Team, 60 Years LaterFormer Boston Mayor Ray, Historic Sandy Point Stables Goes on the Market for $5.8 MillionHistoric Sandy Point Stables, The Ultimate RI Event Calendar Everything to DoThe Ultimate RI Event, Sen. Warren Urges Fed Transportation Board to Block Proposed Railroad Merger Citing Safety IssuesSen. The department store remained standing until 1986, when it burned to the ground in a spectacular fire. The Providence Journal's parent company -- Gannett -- has begun massive layoffs across the country. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: In January 2009, WJAR began broadcasting the Retro Television Network on its second digital channel and digital cable. Prior to 2017, it also aired Cox Sports programming, including live local high school and collegiate sports events with teams featured on OSN including the Pawtucket Red Sox, Providence Friars, Rhode Island Rams, and the Rhode Island Interscholastic League. Mooney was the morning traffic anchor on NBC 10 and since 2019, co-hosted Studio 10 with Lindsay Iadeluca. WJAR is notable for having employed three Today Show personalities. 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For First Time, WJAR Claims Victory, WPRI Says Not So Fast, Gene Valicenti Out As WJARs 11 P.M. Anchor, WJAR Apologizes For Plagiarized Story On Website, Providence Stations Poised To Air HD News, Spot TV Forecast: After Political Bonanza In 22, Flat Will Suffice For 23, Top 30 Station Groups: Standard General Leaps Into Second Place With Tegna Acquisition, 13th Annual Women In Technology Awards Reception, Revenue Strategies: Advanced Targeting for Local TV. During the April 2007 Nor'easter, WJAR's over-the-air digital transmitter was damaged. Liz Bonis Family Background : Parents, Father and Mother Details This channel replaces NewsChannel 5 (formerly the Rhode Island News Channel), operated by Cox and WLNE-TV from November 30, 1998 until February 1, 2012, when WJAR programming first appeared on the channel. The stylized "10" was initially retained after the purchase, but with the NBC peacock attached to the right-hand side and the call letters removed. 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. Gene Valicenti and Patrice Wood former anchor weeknights at 6 and 11 PM. Even by the time that station signed on, the future of the LMA was in doubt given the fact that NBC, which inherited the arrangement from Outlet, did not want to run stations outside their core owned-and-operated outlets. UPDATED: WJAR-10/Sinclair Controversy Blows Up Morning Joe Criticizes and Trump Defends Co. WJARs Parent Company Sinclair is Big Winner In Trump Administration FCC Reg Rollback, BREAKING: Matt Lauer Fired by NBC, Former WJAR Host in Providence, Whitcomb: Big Breakthrough in Fall River? However, meteorologist Julya Johnson has basically been told just that. United States, Rhode Island, Cranston. It lost ABC in 1953 when WNET-TV signed on, and lost CBS in 1955 when WPRO-TV (now WPRI-TV) launched. For the key audience measure of adult 18-49 and adult 25-54 viewers, WJAR out-delivered the competition in virtually all of its newscasts. Lanni had served as news director for more than seven years, and had been with the Sinclair NBC affiliate in Providence, R.I., for more than a decade. Jill Nicolini who used to be a weather presenter now works as a reporter on a New York City morning show. Several technological upgrades were also made. WJR News Director Dick Haefner is one of the most recognizable news voices in Detroit. In September 1997, NBC came up with a three-way swap in which Fant exchanged WLWC and sister station WWHO in Columbus, Ohio to Paramount / Viacom for that group's NBC affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut, WVIT. Her modeling career ended abruptly because she had posed for Playboy. 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WJAR cameras perched on the neighboring rooftop captured the most dramatic footage. A year earlier, the station moved its studios from the Outlet Building to a three-story modern production facility next door. . [11] By Joanna Bouras. In April 1993, the station's studios were moved to their current location in an industrial area of Cranston just south of Providence. For all intents and purposes, this undid the NBC-Outlet merger a decade earlier. The former group manager of stations in Burlington, Vt., and Utica, N.Y. is tapped by Media General to succeed Lisa Churchville in Rhode Island. Both digital signals, WJAR-HD and WJAR-DT2, were knocked off-the-air. For a period in late-2007 and again since early-2009, WPRI has traded ranks in the weeknight 5 and 11 time slots. The station uses a live weather radar feed from the National Weather Service's Local Forecast Office on Myles Standish Boulevard in Taunton, Massachusetts. Tricia Goss. Former WJAR meteorologist Kelly Bates said she hoped the attention she's gotten after turning down her contract at the Providence, R.I. NBC affiliate will help spark a larger conversation about. I wish @projo the best of luck and that it continues to serve the people of R.I. Hospital Closings and Epidemics, VIDEO: WJAR Anchors Read Pro-Trump Sinclair Script About Fake News, Print Ad Revenue Drops 14.8% for Projos Parent Co. and Projo Circulation Drops to 38K, Projos Top Boss Made $1.7M While Staff, Circulation, Stock & Same Store Revenue Declined, Union Alleges Projo is Violating RI Labor Laws, Company Attempts to Avoid Paying Sunday Overtime, More Cuts at Projo and 200 Slashed at GateHouse Papers Across the U.S.Stock Tumbles, Head of Projos Union Says GateHouse is Not Disclosing Number of Layoffs, Bad News for Projo - Price Increases to $3, Circulation Drops to 41K and More. "We realize this may seem sudden, but after ourNew YorkandPhiladelphiaeditions were sold, we no longer have access to centralized resources, and a difficult decision had to be made.". The South County Bureau is in The Westerly Sun newsroom on Main Street in Westerly. The sale was completed on December 19, marking Sinclair's return to owning a Providence market station after a year and a half, as it owned WLWC from January 2012 until April 2013.[9]. Its hard to describe the vast impact Jim had on our lives, said former WJAR political reporter Dyana Koelsch speaking on behalf of Taricanis family. According to Money Inc., Smith has a $25 million fortune and a $10 million annual salary. His tenure is Lindsay Iadeluca Age Iadeluca was born in the United States, she has not shared her age, birthday, or the year she was born. WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) Toll Gate High School Vice Principal Todd Grimes was charged with DUI earlier this month. [5][6] WHTM's sale of Media General was explored nearly two months earlier, and it was completed, nearly three months before the Media General/LIN deal was completed. I knew I had a modest fan base in Southern New England, but certainly nothing like this, she said. It was Rhode Island's first television station and the fourth in New England. On May 16, 2011, WJAR became the first station in the Providence market to air newscasts in high-definition. Former WJAR investigative reporter Jim Taricani died at his home in Rhode Island Friday. That is for your husband's eyes only when you are slaving away in the kitchen. On September 6, 2022, WJAR introduced an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, known as NBC 10 News at 4:00, to act as a replacement for the recently canceled Ellen DeGeneres Show. During the late 1950s, WJAR-TV was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. Copyright 2023 NewsCheckMedia LLC, 238 Crosshill Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096 | 610-649-7989. Bates, who told Newsweek the TV news industry is unequivocally unfair to women, was in the spotlight last week after she announced she was leaving her job as weekend morning meteorologist at WJAR after 17 years with the station. Taricani retired in 2014. That time slot was previously occupied by the syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show. Dick has been an award-winning newscaster, reporter, and news director at five stations. On September 6, 2010, WJAR began airing the area's second newscast weeknights at 7 joining WLNE. Longtime political reporter Bill Rappleye is leaving WJAR 10 the local Sinclair Broadcasting station. Residents of Providence, Rhode Island relied on NBC 10's Mooney for traffic updates. As a result, WJAR became Media General's first television station in New England. He will join co-anchor Alison Bologna, meteorologist Christina Erne, and traffic reporter Meaghan Mooney. Mooney posted a statement on her official social media pages to her loyal viewers on Channel 10. Former On-air Staff. September 10, 2021 | 6:47 am EDT by Kevin Eck, Boston Globe | WJAR-TV signed on for the first time on July 10, 1949, broadcasting on channel 11. January 4, 2021 | 6:43 am EST by Dan McGowan. July 31, 2019 | 2:03 pm EDT by Mark K. Miller, LongtimeWJAR Providence, R.I. (DMA 53), anchor Mario Hilario has been named co-anchor of the Sinclair stationsNBC10 Sunrise newscast on weekdays, replacing the retiring Frank Coletta. Dick has been news director at WJR since 1989. The Downcity Bureau is on Dorrance Street in Downtown Providence. Mooney bid farewell to the regular viewers on-air and also made a similar statement on social media. However, it was dropped in 2008. Viral Rumor Alleges Rapper Is Dead After Being Run Over by Train, Find Out Which Radio Hosts Have Been Affected by Cox Media Group Layoffs. Wjar Tv corporate office is located in 23 Kenney Dr, Cranston, Rhode Island, 02920, United States and has 92 employees. Matt (last name unknown) popped the question on August 8, 2019, his birthday. As of the November 2010 sweeps period, that newscast on WPRI is the most watched in Rhode Island while WJAR continues its dominance in all other time periods. It was Rhode Island's first television station and the fourth in New England. For most of its history, WJAR has been the far-and-away ratings leader in the ProvidenceNew Bedford market. In 2008, WJAR was awarded the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence for a small-market television station. Dan Jaehnig - weeknights at 5:00, 7:00 and 11:00 p.m. Patrice Wood - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. Gene Valicenti - weeknights at 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. Alison Bologna - weeknights at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m.; also "NBC 10 Money Watcher". WJAR-DT2 had previously carried NBC Weather Plus. Pricing; API; Companies; Profiles; . March 11, 2013 | 7:26 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, NetNewsCheck | Reports also indicate that much of Old Gannett leadership in high-ranking sales position was surprised to get the quick axe this week," wrote Ken Doctor, a leading media analyst, in December. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. WJAR's redesigned website, which launched in early-December 2006, now credits Media General in its copyright notice and is no longer powered by Internet Broadcasting. | WJAR-TV (Cranston, RI) Since the death, family and friends have been reaching out to NBC 10 asking for help getting justice. January 18, 2012 | 2:57 pm EST by TVNewsCheck, WJAR | Its a bittersweet day for WJAR viewers, as Meaghan Mooney has bid farewell to NBC 10. Former Today hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira worked at WJAR. Chris Clark Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame Class of '08 Chris Clark - RI sportscaster whose career spanned four decades; the original "Voice of the Providence Friars," credited with the first radio play-by-play broadcasts of PC basketball in 1959; WPRO-AM/TV, WJAR-AM/TV From the late 1960's through the early 1980's, WJAR-TV also originated extensive coverage of Providence-area college . During the late 1950s, WJAR-TV was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. 31--CRANSTON -- Channel 10, WJAR-TV, announced Monday that it has cut 12 jobs -- adding to the 12 already announced in December -- including those of chief meteorologist Gary Ley, weekend anchor Kelley McGee and news director Betty-Jo Cugini. 54.38.33.178 The Latest News and Updates in Meet the Team brought to you by the team at NEWS10 ABC: GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST, wrote Ken Doctor, a leading media analyst, GoLocal Story On WJARs Parent Co. Sparks Dispute Between Sinclair, Politico - They Blame Kushner, WJAR 10s Parent Co. An experienced reporter with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry. starting in September", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WJAR&oldid=1130747636, This page was last edited on 31 December 2022, at 19:30. It was originally a live ten minute production consisting of top stories of the day along with an updated weather forecast. Correspondent at rhode island public radio, reporter at WRNI, correspondent at rhode island public radio, eLearning and Educational Consultant exploring new career opportunities. A concerned viewer recently sent her a . The stylized "10" was initially retained after the purchase, but with the NBC peacock attached to the right-hand side and the call letters removed. Cathy Ray - anchor/ medical reporter (19831992), Rhondella Richardson - reporter (19921994), now at, John Rooke - sports (19921996), also play-by-play man for, Al Rucker - Al Rucker & the Seven Teens (195859), Al became, Keith Russell - sports (19961999), now at, Frank Sommerville - anchor (19871991), now at, John Sweeney - anchor (19701981), worked at, Bob Ward- reporter/anchor (19881996), now at, Sara Wye- anchor (19711987) first Female Anchor in Providence, Joe Zone- Sports (19791981) Now at WFSB-TV. The Westerly Police Department log showed Grimes was arrested on Feb. 2nd for driving under the influence. August 12, 2015 | 7:35 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, New England 1 | In 1952 after hearing about repeated instances of interference in Connecticut between WJAR and WPIX New York, the FCC changed the TV allcations for Providence, which mandated that WJAR move to Channel 10, which it did in the spring of 1953. She also hosted shows in Denver, Colorado and Washington, D.C. He will join co-anchor Alison Bologna, meteorologist Christina Erne, and traffic reporter Meaghan Mooney. Former Today hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira worked at WJAR. She will also serve as reporter throughout the week on the 4, 5, 9 and 10 p.m. newcasts. Warren Urges Fed, Fit for Life: Its Not About the FoodFit for Life: Its, REAL-TIME News From Ukraine Via The Kyiv IndependentReal-Time News From Ukraine, Side of the Rhode: Whos Hot and Whos Not? She is the anchor for Good Morning Cincinnati & a reporter for Medical Edge. Owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, the station shares studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston with ZGS Communications-owned Telemundo affiliate WRIW-CA . [19][20], On September 1, 2022, MeTV was replaced with Charge!.[21]. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a2dc72e9e38904f View Larger + "After 19 years in Boston, we are sad to announce the closure ofMetro Boston, effective today," said the notice. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. WJAR cameras perched on the neighboring rooftop captured the most dramatic footage. [23] Thus, outside of Bristol County on Xfinity and Verizon Fios, its carriage ranges between channels 96 and 99. By: Caroline John - Published: November 25, 2020 at 5:47 am. This is despite recent significant format and personnel changes.For most of its history, WJAR has led the market with its top-rated newscasts. Does anyone know where these former Channel 12 people are? Channel 10 confirmed in a following Facebook post. Media Generals NBC affiliate in Providence, R.I., today announced that it has reached an agreement on a new retransmission consent contract with Verizon FiOS. The Downcity Bureau is on Dorrance Street in Downtown Providence. A former child artist, she has modeled and featured in national commercials. Bill, youre in my house now and we have a lot of professionals who took time out of their day to be here and were going to start now, Kilmartin said. Puoi modificare le tue scelte in qualsiasi momento cliccando sui link "Dashboard privacy" sui nostri siti e sulle nostre app. Despite this, WJAR only carried a little more than half of NBC's program schedule during its early years on the air; WJAR also broadcast about half of the CBS network schedule and a couple of shows each from ABC and DuMont every week. GoLocalProv | Amanda Starrantino Leaving WRTV: Where Is the Indianapolis Anchor Going. Projo Loses Another Reporter, Providence Journal once filled 75 Fountain Street -now it rents a suite in the building FILE PHOTO, The Providence Journal has lost yet another news reporter. WJAR is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts licensed to Providence. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. A NewsWatch 10 open from 1978. 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