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'WJAR' is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Licensed to Providence, the station broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 10 and a digital signal on UHF channel 51. WJAR's transmitter tower, which is shared with WLNE-DT, is located in Rehoboth. WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV have their transmitters located nearby. WJAR is owned by Media General and has studios that are located on Kenney Drive in Cranston. The station is known on-air as '''"NBC 10"'''.
WJAR offers NBC Weather Plus on its DT2 digital subchannel. On digital cable, it can be found on Cox channel 800 and Comcast channel 750.
WJAR-TV signed on-air for the first time on channel 11 on July 10, 1949. 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 an affiliate of all four networks of the time (NBC, ABC, DuMont, and CBS) but has always been a primary NBC affiliate due to WJAR-AM's long affiliation with NBC Radio. It lost ABC in 1953 when WNET-TV signed on and lost CBS in 1955 when WPRO-TV (now WPRI-TV) signed on. When WNET-TV went dark in 1956, WJAR shared ABC programming with WPRO until WTEV-TV (now WLNE-TV) signed on in 1963.
In 1954, WJAR received national attention for its coverage of Hurricane Carol.
In November of 1980, the Outlet Company left the department store business to concentrate on broadcasting. However, the station kept its studios in the Outlet Building until a fire destroyed the building in 1986. Many Rhode Islanders can even remember the live broadcast of the fire, with the building exploding over the reporters' heads.
The most notable past staff member is,Christiane Amanpour. Amanpur is currently CNN's chief international correspondent. She has won 9 Emmy awards and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Distinguished Achievement in Broadcast Journalism. Forbes magazine has named her one of the 100 Most Powerful Women. Amanpur was an electronic graphics designer during her time a WJAR.
In 1996, Outlet Communications merged with NBC. 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.
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, and Raleigh. Except for the Birmingham station, these stations were also once owned by Outlet. On April 6, 2006, NBC Universal and Media General announced that Media General would purchase WJAR as part of a $600 million four station deal between the two companies. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 26, 2006. As a result, WJAR became Media General's first television station in New England. For all intents and purposes, this undid the NBC-Outlet merger a decade earlier.
For several months after the owner switch, WJAR's website remained in the format of a NBC O&O station. WJAR's redesigned website, which launched in early-December of 2006, now credits Media General in its copyright notice and is no longer powered by Internet Broadcasting. Although the main website has changed with Media General, WJAR still maintains a local page on the NBC Weather Plus website which is operated by NBC.
As of September 13, 2006, WJAR has two alumni of its news personnel, Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, who host NBC's weekday ''Today'' show. Vieira started out as a reporter on the station in the late-1970s and early-1980s, and Lauer was co-host of WJAR's Providence version of ''PM Magazine'' in the early-1980s.
During the April 2007 Nor'easter, WJAR's over-the-air digital transmitter was damaged. Both digital signals, WJAR-HD and WJAR-DT2, were knocked off the air. The outage did not affect digital cable or satelitte services as they do not get the digital signal from the digital transmitter.
In addition to their main studios, WJAR operates three news bureaus. The "Southeastern Massachusetts News Bureau" is located in the newsroom of ''The Standard Times'' on Elm Street in New Bedford, the "South County News Bureau" is located in the newsroom of the "The Westerly Sun" on Main Street in Westerly, and the "Downcity News Bureau" is located on Dorrance Street in Downtown Providence.
WJAR's weekday Noon newscast is simulcasted on the station's website.
Until April 2, 2007, WJAR's weather radar was known as "Doppler 10,000". On that date, the station upgraded the radar's technology to "VIPIR" level, and as a result, is now known as such.
'Anchors'
★ Frank Coletta - weekday mornings
★ Kelley McGee - weekdays at noon (also education reporter)
★ Patrice Wood - weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 PM
★ Gene Valicenti - weeknights at 5:30, 6 and 11 PM
★ Mario Hilario - weekend mornings (also reporter)
★ TBD - weekend evenings
'''NBC 10 Weather Plus Meteorologists'''
★ Gary Ley (AMS certified) - Chief seen weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 PM
★ Kelly Bates (NWA certified) - weekday mornings
★ John Ghiorse (AMS certified) - weekdays at Noon and 5:30 PM
★ Jeff Latham (AMS certified) - weekend mornings
★ R.J. Heim - weekend evenings (also feature / science reporter)
'Sports'
★ Frank Carpano - weeknights (also host of "1st and 10" on Sundays during NFL season)
★ Joe Kayata - weekends (also sports reporter)
'Reporters'
★ Steve Handelsman - Washington D.C. Correspondent
★ Larry Estepa - based at the "Southeastern Massachusetts Bureau"
★ Audrey Laganas - Consumer Unit Director and investigative reporter
★ Barbara Morse Silva - "Health Check 10" segment reporter
★ Bill Rappleye - political reporter
★ Jim Taricani - investigative reporter
★ Liz Aragao
★ Michelle Brown
★ Brian Crandall
★ Nicole Muri
'Contributors'
★ Chef Frank Terranova - host of "Cooking With Class" segment (is a Johnson & Wales University associate instructor)
★ Paul Giacobbe - ombudsman
★ Christiane Amanpour - electronic graphics designer (1980's), now chief international correspondent for CNN
★ Caterina Bandini - reporter (1991-1996), former WHDH anchor
★ Ken Bell - sports (1977-1979), now at WLNE
★ Steve Berthiaume - sports (1990s), now at ESPN
★ Alison Bolonga - reporter (?-2006), now at WFXT-TV
★ Andrea Brody - weekend anchor (1996-1998), now at George Michael Sports Machine
★ Bob Cain - anchor (1960s), former CNN anchor
★ Tim Carr - reporter (1982-1989)
★ Ginger Casey - anchor (1992-1997)
★ Chris Clark - sports (1970s)(d)
★ Ted Daniel - reporter (2004-2005), now at WFXT-TV
★ Dylan Dryer - weather (2004-2006), now at WHDH-TV
★ Jack Edwards - sports (1983-1985)
★ Stephen Frazier - anchor (1970s), now at CNN Headline News
★ Vince Gibbens - anchor (1975-1978) (d)
★ Bill Gile - weather (1997-2004), now at WMUR-TV
★ Tim Gray - sports (1999-2004)
★ Ann Halloran - weekend anchor (1992-1996)
★ Dan Jaehnig - Reporter (1997-2002), now at WFXT
★ Jack Kavanaugh - weekend anchor/ reporter (1973-1980) Went on to KOVR-TV Sacramento
★ Tom Kierein - Meteorologist (1978-1983) Now at WRC-TV
★ Dyanna Koelsch- political reporter (1982-2001)
★ Tom Kole- political reporter (1980-1988)
★ Art Lake- WJAR radio host (1944-1949) initially anchor, then weather (1949-2003) first birthdays announcer (2003-2005)
★ Matt Lauer- 'PM Magazine' host (1981-1985), now co-host of NBC's 'Today' show
★ Dave Layman - anchor (1973-1976)
★ Greg Liggins - anchor (1993-1996)
★ Nicole Livas - anchor (1997-2001), now at WAVY-TV
★ Mary Maguire - consumer reporter (1980s and 1990s)
★ Ken Malloy- anchor (1990-1992), now at KGPE
★ Pat Mastors - anchor (1982-1989)
★ Martin Morenz- reporter (1989-1994), now at WFXT
★ Cathy Ray - anchor/ medical reporter (1983-1992), now at KTNV-TV
★ Karin Reed - anchor/reporter (1993-2004)
★ Rhondella Richardson - reporter (1992-1994), now at WCVB
★ Joe Rocco - sports (1984-1996)
★ John Rooke - sports (1992-1996)
★ Keith Russell - sports (1996-1999), now at WPVI
★ Stacy Sager - reporter (1990s)
★ Frank Sommerville - anchor (1986-1991), now at KTVU-TV in San Francisco
★ Maria Stephanous - reporter (1990s), now WFXT-TV
★ John Sweeney - anchor (1970's-1980), worked at CNN
★ Kathryn Tappen - sports (2004-2006), now at NESN
★ Meredith Vieira - anchor/reporter (1976-1979), now co-host of NBC's 'Today' show
★ Bob Ward- reporter/anchor (1988-1996), now at WFXT-TV
★ Doug White - anchor (1978-2005), died on August 15, 2006
★ Dick Wood - anchor (1960s-1970s)
★ Sara Wye- anchor(1973-1981) First Female Anchor in Providence
★ Tony Zarrella- sports (1988-1989) Now at KUSA
★ Margie O' Brien - reporter
★ Paul McGonagle - mass bureau reporter/assistant news director (1995-2004) now at WFXT-TV
★ Kim Reis - Website General Manager
★ Barbara Beresford - Marketing Director
★ Lisa Churchville - President and General Manager
★ Betty Jo Cugini - Vice President of News
★ Craig Sasges - Finance and Administration Director
★ Joanne Schenck - Human Resources Director
★ Clark Smith - Technology Director
★ Jeff Walkes - Vice President of Sales
★ Steve DelPico - Local Sales Manager
★ Scott Allen - Website News Editor
★ Mia DiBenedetto - Website Managing Editor
WJAR's current "NBC 10" logo was first used on former sister station WCAU in Philadelphia. In its earliest days, WJAR's logo included a Rhode Island Red rooster, the state bird of Rhode Island. Prior to WJAR's purchase by NBC, the logo had included various versions of a different, stylized "10" above the WJAR call letters for the previous twenty years.
★ Station Website
★ WJAR Wireless
★
'WJAR' is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Licensed to Providence, the station broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 10 and a digital signal on UHF channel 51. WJAR's transmitter tower, which is shared with WLNE-DT, is located in Rehoboth. WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV have their transmitters located nearby. WJAR is owned by Media General and has studios that are located on Kenney Drive in Cranston. The station is known on-air as '''"NBC 10"'''.
WJAR offers NBC Weather Plus on its DT2 digital subchannel. On digital cable, it can be found on Cox channel 800 and Comcast channel 750.
| Contents |
| History |
| Newscasts |
| News Team |
| Past Personalities/Staff |
| Administration |
| Logo |
| External Links |
History
WJAR-TV signed on-air for the first time on channel 11 on July 10, 1949. 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 an affiliate of all four networks of the time (NBC, ABC, DuMont, and CBS) but has always been a primary NBC affiliate due to WJAR-AM's long affiliation with NBC Radio. It lost ABC in 1953 when WNET-TV signed on and lost CBS in 1955 when WPRO-TV (now WPRI-TV) signed on. When WNET-TV went dark in 1956, WJAR shared ABC programming with WPRO until WTEV-TV (now WLNE-TV) signed on in 1963.
In 1954, WJAR received national attention for its coverage of Hurricane Carol.
In November of 1980, the Outlet Company left the department store business to concentrate on broadcasting. However, the station kept its studios in the Outlet Building until a fire destroyed the building in 1986. Many Rhode Islanders can even remember the live broadcast of the fire, with the building exploding over the reporters' heads.
The most notable past staff member is,Christiane Amanpour. Amanpur is currently CNN's chief international correspondent. She has won 9 Emmy awards and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Distinguished Achievement in Broadcast Journalism. Forbes magazine has named her one of the 100 Most Powerful Women. Amanpur was an electronic graphics designer during her time a WJAR.
In 1996, Outlet Communications merged with NBC. 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.
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, and Raleigh. Except for the Birmingham station, these stations were also once owned by Outlet. On April 6, 2006, NBC Universal and Media General announced that Media General would purchase WJAR as part of a $600 million four station deal between the two companies. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 26, 2006. As a result, WJAR became Media General's first television station in New England. For all intents and purposes, this undid the NBC-Outlet merger a decade earlier.
For several months after the owner switch, WJAR's website remained in the format of a NBC O&O station. WJAR's redesigned website, which launched in early-December of 2006, now credits Media General in its copyright notice and is no longer powered by Internet Broadcasting. Although the main website has changed with Media General, WJAR still maintains a local page on the NBC Weather Plus website which is operated by NBC.
As of September 13, 2006, WJAR has two alumni of its news personnel, Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, who host NBC's weekday ''Today'' show. Vieira started out as a reporter on the station in the late-1970s and early-1980s, and Lauer was co-host of WJAR's Providence version of ''PM Magazine'' in the early-1980s.
During the April 2007 Nor'easter, WJAR's over-the-air digital transmitter was damaged. Both digital signals, WJAR-HD and WJAR-DT2, were knocked off the air. The outage did not affect digital cable or satelitte services as they do not get the digital signal from the digital transmitter.
Newscasts
In addition to their main studios, WJAR operates three news bureaus. The "Southeastern Massachusetts News Bureau" is located in the newsroom of ''The Standard Times'' on Elm Street in New Bedford, the "South County News Bureau" is located in the newsroom of the "The Westerly Sun" on Main Street in Westerly, and the "Downcity News Bureau" is located on Dorrance Street in Downtown Providence.
WJAR's weekday Noon newscast is simulcasted on the station's website.
Until April 2, 2007, WJAR's weather radar was known as "Doppler 10,000". On that date, the station upgraded the radar's technology to "VIPIR" level, and as a result, is now known as such.
News Team
WJAR's newscast opening.
Gene Valicenti and Patrice Wood anchor weeknights on WJAR.
WJAR's Chief Meteorologist Gary Ley.
'Anchors'
★ Frank Coletta - weekday mornings
★ Kelley McGee - weekdays at noon (also education reporter)
★ Patrice Wood - weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 PM
★ Gene Valicenti - weeknights at 5:30, 6 and 11 PM
★ Mario Hilario - weekend mornings (also reporter)
★ TBD - weekend evenings
'''NBC 10 Weather Plus Meteorologists'''
★ Gary Ley (AMS certified) - Chief seen weeknights at 5, 6, and 11 PM
★ Kelly Bates (NWA certified) - weekday mornings
★ John Ghiorse (AMS certified) - weekdays at Noon and 5:30 PM
★ Jeff Latham (AMS certified) - weekend mornings
★ R.J. Heim - weekend evenings (also feature / science reporter)
'Sports'
★ Frank Carpano - weeknights (also host of "1st and 10" on Sundays during NFL season)
★ Joe Kayata - weekends (also sports reporter)
'Reporters'
★ Steve Handelsman - Washington D.C. Correspondent
★ Larry Estepa - based at the "Southeastern Massachusetts Bureau"
★ Audrey Laganas - Consumer Unit Director and investigative reporter
★ Barbara Morse Silva - "Health Check 10" segment reporter
★ Bill Rappleye - political reporter
★ Jim Taricani - investigative reporter
★ Liz Aragao
★ Michelle Brown
★ Brian Crandall
★ Nicole Muri
'Contributors'
★ Chef Frank Terranova - host of "Cooking With Class" segment (is a Johnson & Wales University associate instructor)
★ Paul Giacobbe - ombudsman
Past Personalities/Staff
★ Christiane Amanpour - electronic graphics designer (1980's), now chief international correspondent for CNN
★ Caterina Bandini - reporter (1991-1996), former WHDH anchor
★ Ken Bell - sports (1977-1979), now at WLNE
★ Steve Berthiaume - sports (1990s), now at ESPN
★ Alison Bolonga - reporter (?-2006), now at WFXT-TV
★ Andrea Brody - weekend anchor (1996-1998), now at George Michael Sports Machine
★ Bob Cain - anchor (1960s), former CNN anchor
★ Tim Carr - reporter (1982-1989)
★ Ginger Casey - anchor (1992-1997)
★ Chris Clark - sports (1970s)(d)
★ Ted Daniel - reporter (2004-2005), now at WFXT-TV
★ Dylan Dryer - weather (2004-2006), now at WHDH-TV
★ Jack Edwards - sports (1983-1985)
★ Stephen Frazier - anchor (1970s), now at CNN Headline News
★ Vince Gibbens - anchor (1975-1978) (d)
★ Bill Gile - weather (1997-2004), now at WMUR-TV
★ Tim Gray - sports (1999-2004)
★ Ann Halloran - weekend anchor (1992-1996)
★ Dan Jaehnig - Reporter (1997-2002), now at WFXT
★ Jack Kavanaugh - weekend anchor/ reporter (1973-1980) Went on to KOVR-TV Sacramento
★ Tom Kierein - Meteorologist (1978-1983) Now at WRC-TV
★ Dyanna Koelsch- political reporter (1982-2001)
★ Tom Kole- political reporter (1980-1988)
★ Art Lake- WJAR radio host (1944-1949) initially anchor, then weather (1949-2003) first birthdays announcer (2003-2005)
★ Matt Lauer- 'PM Magazine' host (1981-1985), now co-host of NBC's 'Today' show
★ Dave Layman - anchor (1973-1976)
★ Greg Liggins - anchor (1993-1996)
★ Nicole Livas - anchor (1997-2001), now at WAVY-TV
★ Mary Maguire - consumer reporter (1980s and 1990s)
★ Ken Malloy- anchor (1990-1992), now at KGPE
★ Pat Mastors - anchor (1982-1989)
★ Martin Morenz- reporter (1989-1994), now at WFXT
★ Cathy Ray - anchor/ medical reporter (1983-1992), now at KTNV-TV
★ Karin Reed - anchor/reporter (1993-2004)
★ Rhondella Richardson - reporter (1992-1994), now at WCVB
★ Joe Rocco - sports (1984-1996)
★ John Rooke - sports (1992-1996)
★ Keith Russell - sports (1996-1999), now at WPVI
★ Stacy Sager - reporter (1990s)
★ Frank Sommerville - anchor (1986-1991), now at KTVU-TV in San Francisco
★ Maria Stephanous - reporter (1990s), now WFXT-TV
★ John Sweeney - anchor (1970's-1980), worked at CNN
★ Kathryn Tappen - sports (2004-2006), now at NESN
★ Meredith Vieira - anchor/reporter (1976-1979), now co-host of NBC's 'Today' show
★ Bob Ward- reporter/anchor (1988-1996), now at WFXT-TV
★ Doug White - anchor (1978-2005), died on August 15, 2006
★ Dick Wood - anchor (1960s-1970s)
★ Sara Wye- anchor(1973-1981) First Female Anchor in Providence
★ Tony Zarrella- sports (1988-1989) Now at KUSA
★ Margie O' Brien - reporter
★ Paul McGonagle - mass bureau reporter/assistant news director (1995-2004) now at WFXT-TV
Administration
★ Kim Reis - Website General Manager
★ Barbara Beresford - Marketing Director
★ Lisa Churchville - President and General Manager
★ Betty Jo Cugini - Vice President of News
★ Craig Sasges - Finance and Administration Director
★ Joanne Schenck - Human Resources Director
★ Clark Smith - Technology Director
★ Jeff Walkes - Vice President of Sales
★ Steve DelPico - Local Sales Manager
★ Scott Allen - Website News Editor
★ Mia DiBenedetto - Website Managing Editor
Logo
WJAR's current "NBC 10" logo was first used on former sister station WCAU in Philadelphia. In its earliest days, WJAR's logo included a Rhode Island Red rooster, the state bird of Rhode Island. Prior to WJAR's purchase by NBC, the logo had included various versions of a different, stylized "10" above the WJAR call letters for the previous twenty years.
External Links
★ Station Website
★ WJAR Wireless
★
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