WNRI
| City | Woonsocket, Rhode Island |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Northern Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts |
| Branding | 1380 AM & 95.1 FM WNRI |
| Slogan | "Serving the Blackstone Valley since 1954" |
| Frequency | 1380 kHz |
| First air date | November 28, 1954 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power |
2,500 watts (day) 18 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 1734 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°00′58″N 71°29′30″W / 42.01611°N 71.49167°W |
| Callsign meaning | Northern Rhode Island |
| Owner | Bouchard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wnri.com |
WNRI (1380 AM, "1380 AM & 95.1 FM WNRI") is a radio station located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The station has a news & talk radio format and has been owned by Bouchard Broadcasting Inc. since 2004. WNRI began broadcasting November 28, 1954.
Programming
WNRI is generally regarded as a news/talk station with locally produced programs daily. WNRI also carries games from the Pawtucket Red Sox.
Translator
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | Facility ID | ERP W | Height m (ft) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W236CW | 95.1 | Woonsocket, Rhode Island | 26352 | 130 | 28 m (92 ft) | D | 42°0′58″N 71°29′30″W / 42.01611°N 71.49167°W | FCC |
An earlier WNRI
In the 1930s and 1940s, the WNRI call letters were assigned to an NBC owned-and-operated shortwave station (originally W3XL) that transmitted from Bound Brook, New Jersey, a site it shared with NBC Blue-era WJZ. Originally, programming was a combination of network simulcasts and specially produced news and information programs in Spanish and Portuguese for Latin America.
On November 1, 1942, the United States government assumed control of all privately owned American shortwave stations for the war effort. During this period, WNRI aired programming produced by government agencies, including the early Voice of America.
While NBC retained the right to resume private control of the station after the war, they did not exercise that option, continuing to lease the facilities to the State Department for VOA broadcasts.
As of January 1, 1947, its frequencies were:
- 49m: 6.1Mc.
- 31m: 9.67Mc.
- 25m: 11.89Mc.
- 19m: 15.15 & 15.19Mc.
- 15m: 21.63Mc.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WNRI
- Radio-Locator Information on WNRI
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNRI
- FCC History Cards for WNRI
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W236CW
- Radio-Locator information on W236CW
- International Broadcasting Stations of the United States: link to NBC's WNRI