WRIW-CD
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First air date | June 7, 1993 |
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Call sign meaning | Rhode Island, Warwick |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70184 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 13.6 kW |
| HAAT | 273.4 m (897 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°51′55.4″N 71°17′12.7″W / 41.865389°N 71.286861°W |
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| Website | www |
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WRIW-CD (channel 51) is a Class A television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is a standard-definition translator of Telemundo owned-and-operated station WYCN-LD (channel 8) which is owned by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WRIW-CD's parent station maintains studios on Kenney Drive in Cranston (shared with NBC affiliate WJAR [channel 10], owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group).
Under a channel sharing arrangement, WRIW-CD shares transmitter facilities with PBS member station WSBE-TV (channel 36) on Pine Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Despite WRIW-CD legally holding a low-power Class A license, it transmits using WSBE-TV's full-power spectrum. This ensures complete reception across the Providence–New Bedford, Massachusetts television market.