Channel 12's studios were originally located on the top floor of 24 Mason Street in Downtown Providence with its sister radio stations. WPRO incorrectly cites Journal as breaking Slater story. Buying Spree Continues: Paolino Purchases Former Peoples Savings Bank Building at 70 Kennedy PlazaBuying Spree Continues: Paolino, Brown Med School Prof Told to Prostitute Himself To Secure Additional Funding, Says Fed LawsuitBrown Med School Prof, RIDOT Director Alvitis Reconfirmation Opposed by Advocacy Groups at State House HearingRIDOT Director Alvitis Reconfirmation, Artist to Know: S.W. In 1996, WPRI began producing the market's first nightly prime time newscast at 10:00p.m. on WNAC, then titled Eyewitness News at 10 on Fox Providence. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. Specifically, its broadcast weeknights at 11:00p.m. has gained enormous popularity. The 57-year-old Baron was from Brooklyn, New York. Hot 106's Deanna Cruz leaves Providence for Seattle. Its current hosts are Tim White and Ted Nesi.[17]. Come join former ABC News Anchor Carole Simpson moderator of a panel of journalists including WJAR Morning Co-Anchor Barbara Morse Silva, Hartford NBC Affiliate reporter Audrey Washington, and keynote speaker Washington Post Reporter, Wesley Lowery. Mike Montecalvo - weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (on WNAC-TV) and 11:00 p.m. Susan Roberts - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 (on WNAC-TV) and 11:00 p.m. Jennifer Mobilia - weeknights at 5:30 p.m.; also general assignment reporter, Kathryn Sotnik - weekend mornings (6:00-8:00 Saturdays and 6:00-9:00 a.m. Sundays); also weekday reporter, Nneka Nwosu - Saturdays at 6:00, Sundays at 6:30 and weekends at 10:00 (on WNAC-TV) and 11:00 p.m.; also weekday videojournalist. The MyFox sites themselves were eventually redesigned to a look similar to those of the LIN TV sites. NBC 10 News Sunrise at 5:30am - #1 Before joining WPRI, she was an anchor and then news director at WPCQ-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina. A series of emails forwarded to Golocalprov.com yesterday show that Providence Journal reporter Tom Mooney said he had no knowledge of the Slater story until he was directed to GoLocalProv.com. Betancur, a Central Falls native, most recently worked READ MORE. In response to the crticism by the Rhode Island Press Association regarding press credential restrictions issues by the promoter of Comic Con, theRhode IslandConvention Centerand DunkinDonutsCenterin a response toRhode IslandComic Con press credential restrictions wanted to clarify that we do not agree with the restrictions and policies which RI Comic Con has instituted. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. ), GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST, New England Media Changes - Globe, Cumulus, Sports Radio and Projo. She remains there still, working at KIRO 7, a CBS affiliate, as a general assignment reporter with a focus onjobs and the economy. Other remote-anchor casts are planned well in advance, to coincide with some major news or feature event Rhode Island's 350th anniversary celebration (WLNE's first remote-anchor show), or the vineyard harvest in Little Compton. Then Ive got another one called Missouri Compromise. According to a number of commercial realtors, GateHouse has looked for space in Johnston, Warwick and Cranston. Most of the Web sites of the television stations Media General acquired since the announced merger with Young Broadcasting have also adopted this platform. After two incredible years in RI, Im on the move. Top WPRI.com Reporters Headlines Rhode Island Foundation awards $75K in grants to local Honoring Black History / 2 years ago Bond referendum in RI special election would invest in Politics. The channel was due to join CBS because of WPRO radio's long affiliation with CBS Radio. On Monday, Sabina Matos won back the Presidency of the Providence City Council and returns to the top legislative position in the City of Providence. WPRI is also one of the only remaining TV stations in America to sign-off and sign-on once a week to this day. Professional Background CheckInformation on professionals, their work history and resumes. On Monday,630WPRO wrongly stated that The Providence Journal broke the story. When GateHouse purchased the newspaper last summer for $46 million, the deal did not include the Fountain Street building. Maybe she was taking an Eyewitness Snooze. RI Center for Justice Executive Director Jennifer Wood joined GoLocal News Editor on GoLocal LIVEwhere she spoke to the next steps after filing a federal class-action lawsuit in late November on behalf of all Rhode Island public school students to establish the right, under the U.S. Constitution, to an adequate education to prepare young people for full civic education. Westinghouse already owned WBZ-TV in Boston; that station provided city-grade coverage to Providence itself, as well as New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts, 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. 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. WPRI reporter Eric Halperin has announced that he is leaving the station after two years. 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). He worked for both WPRI 12 and ABC6 over the years. Rhode Island Public Radio announced Monday that General Manager Joe OConnor is leaving the local National Public Radio outlet at the end of January to become General Manager of WFAE-FM, Charlotte, North Carolinas NPR affiliate. Halperin made the announcement in a tweet on Wednesday. Or its story showing that an impossibly high percentage of Providence public officials are awarded special disability pensions. All rights reserved. The Talkers Magazine Heavy Hundred is compiled each year based upon a combination of factors including courage, effort, impact, longevity, potential, ratings, recognition, revenue, service, talent and uniqueness. This newscast now airs between 7:00a.m. and 9:00a.m.[14]. ", GoLocal24' COO to be Publisher of Hartford Courant. 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 high definition. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to dual Fox/CWaffiliate WNAC-TV(channel 64) under a local marketing agreement(LMA) with Mission Broadcasting. The Boston Globe may have gone where no major newspaper has gone before. Nowhere to be seen, WPRI 12 reporter Steph Machado decides to quit or not show up for work on Monday. Photo: Twitter. In December 2011, it was announced that on January 9, 2012, The Rhode Show would move to WPRI and would begin at 9:00a.m. Michaela Johnson and former WPRO-FM (92 PRO-FM) personality Will Gilbert became permanent hosts of the show. We're looking back at the 10th. Jack Griffin, chief executive of Tribune Publishing, said Daniels' deep knowledge of the New England market will serve him well in Hartford. The other three environment staffers have left NPR or moved to other beats. She was the remaining member of the I-Team, the storied team once led by Dyana Koelsch and the late Jim Taricani. The three stations' news facilities were completely integrated. Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (forerunner to HM Capital Partners), a private-equity firm co-founded by Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars then-owner Tom Hicks, was the majority owner of LIN TV. We are so pleased to announce Alisons move to morning news, said Chris Lanni, News Director. 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"Rick was a tremendous help to GoLocal and he was one of the reasons were were able to expand to the West Coast. WPRI-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. This is not good news for Providence Journal news staffers who thought the previous owner - A.H. Belo -- was the worst ownership group. 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). Dan McKee's administration reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Providence Teachers Union in 2021 . As a young person, she said, "I felt like there was a world of possibilities.". For more than three of those years he was president and chief executive. 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. 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