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78-612: WNAC-TV (channel 64), branded on-air as Fox Providence , is a television station in Providence, Rhode Island , United States, affiliated with Fox and The CW . It is owned by Mission Broadcasting , which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nexstar Media Group , owner of dual CBS / MyNetworkTV affiliate WPRI-TV (channel 12), for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on Catamore Boulevard in East Providence, Rhode Island ; WNAC-TV's transmitter

156-415: A barter in some cases. Westerly, Rhode Island Westerly is a town on the southwestern coastline of Washington County , Rhode Island , United States, first settled by English colonists in 1661, and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. Westerly is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a population of 23,359 as of the 2020 census. The Pawcatuck River flows on

234-577: A shooting happened at the Babcock Village, in which three women ended up shot. The police identified the shooter, and two surviving victims. The shooting was done by 66-year old Joseph Giachello, who was found dead in his room after taking the life of 47-year old Julie Cardinal, the manager of the complex. During this shooting, all the schools in Westerly managed by Westerly Public Schools were put into lockdown, although Westerly Public Schools stated: “there

312-821: A storm surge of 12–15ft all along the coast of Rhode Island . Many factories, mines, houses, and more structures collapsed during the hurricane, and the New Haven and Hartford Railroad was damaged, shutting down transport to Westerly, RI. Following this, westerly would be struck again 6 years later in 1944, and again1954 by major hurricanes. In 1966, the Guild Guitar Company , founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge in New York City, moved production to Westerly, and continued to make their well-respected archtop , acoustic , and solid body guitars there, until 2001, when they were bought by Fender Musical Instruments and production

390-446: A $ 1.6 billion deal; one of the two stations had to be divested to complete the transaction, and WJAR was sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group . Media General then merged with Nexstar Broadcasting Group in 2017. In 2017, Nexstar acquired the CW affiliation in the market when previous affiliate WLWC (channel 28) sold its spectrum ; the network moved to WNAC's 64.2 subchannel, with MyRITV becoming

468-461: A 6:30 p.m. broadcast was introduced. By late 2023, these newscasts, plus weekend morning news and the public affairs program Newsmakers , combined to give the station 22 hours a week of news and public affairs. The station's signal is multiplexed : Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in

546-562: A VHF channel inserted at Westerly for its use failed; litigation with Cherry & Webb stretched into 1957 before the parties reached a settlement. Despite being off the air, Channel 16 of Rhode Island continued maintaining the Rehoboth transmitter facility. Harold Arcaro acquired the facility in 1965 as well as an adjoining 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land. The FCC deleted WNET's construction permit and call letters in April 1969 after it determined that

624-694: A beachfront community with small amounts of nightlife and several hotels; Potter Hill, where the Town Forest is located; Shelter Harbor; Watch Hill , with beaches and summer cottages; Weekapaug ; White Rock; and Winnapaug, with public golf courses. The town holds a number of annual events, such as the Pawcatuck River Duck Race in April, Virtu Art Festival in May, Shakespeare in the Park and the Summer Pops (hosted by

702-521: A buyer, a process complicated with the death of company vice president Paul Mowrey in August 1982. This limited basis consisted of rerunning 50 hours of cartoons and 14 old movies for two hours a day, six days a week—the minimum necessary to fulfill its commitment under FCC program test authority. Providence Television bought WSTG in 1984 and relaunched it as a conventional independent station on September 16. It offered cartoons, classic reruns and movies, plus

780-560: A guest host drawn from a casting call that attracted nearly 150 applicants. A set with a functional kitchen was created out of what had been the lunchroom in the WPRI-TV studios. A morning newscast at 7 a.m. was also restored to the schedule; to make way for its expansion to two hours, The Rhode Show moved to WPRI-TV in January 2012. A third daily news program was added to the WNAC-TV lineup in 2014 when

858-518: A household in the town was $ 44,613, and the median income for a family was $ 53,165. Males had a median income of $ 37,887 versus $ 26,800 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 24,092. About 4.3% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over. The most frequent ancestries among the town's population are Italian (34.2%), Irish (17.9%) and English (14.2%). Many Italians moved to Westerly from Italy around

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936-462: A local identity, channel 64 picked up a package of University of Rhode Island Rams men's basketball games, the first regular television exposure for the team since 1982. It also introduced a weekly talk show hosted by Providence lawyer Raul Lovett and a local comedy program. Price Communications purchased WNAC-TV from Sudbrink in 1988; the $ 11.5 million purchase price was nearly double the $ 5.85 million Sudbrink had paid two years prior. Sudbrink used

1014-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

1092-604: A newscast for the new WLWC , but that program ended after five months when Paramount Stations Group acquired WLWC. The 10 p.m. newscast was 30 minutes in duration until 2002, when it was expanded to a full hour. In 2003, WNAC debuted a 7 a.m. morning newscast, an extension of WPRI-TV's Eyewitness News This Morning . Channel 64 debuted a morning lifestyle and entertainment magazine, The Rhode Show , in February 2009. It aired at 8 a.m. weekdays and featured three hosts: two WPRI morning anchors ( Vince DeMentri and Elizabeth Hopkins) and

1170-565: A station whose divestiture was required due to signal overlap—for WPTZ in Plattsburgh, New York ; WNNE in Hartford, Vermont ; and KSBW in Salinas, California . Sunrise was one of two television companies owned by the private equity firm of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst , alongside LIN Broadcasting . In 2001, Clear Channel sold WPRI-TV to Sunrise Television Corporation. Though Sunrise would become

1248-526: A subchannel of WPRI-TV. On August 31, 2020, Nexstar exercised its option to purchase WNAC through its partner company, Mission Broadcasting , for more than $ 3.2 million; the transaction was completed on June 16, 2021. WNAC, LLC—the Super Towers subsidiary that had been the licensee prior to the Mission purchase—filed objections to the license renewals of 14 Nexstar stations including WPRI-TV in 2023, claiming that

1326-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

1404-528: Is Westerly Public Schools , including the Westerly High School , the Westerly Middle School, Westerly High School Career and Tech (WHS- CTE ), and the local elementary schools, State Street Elementary School, Springbrook Elementary School, and Dunn’s Corners Elementary School. Westerly has a mayor–council government system, which the mayor is called the council president. The current mayor

1482-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

1560-553: Is William J. Aiello since 2022. The Town of Westerly has other positions, including the school committee, and administration, with town manager being Shawn Lacey. Terms of the local council, senator and representative in the Rhode Island General Assembly last two-years, and school committee officials having four-year terms. Westerly has a set budget of $ 102 million for the Westerly Police Department in

1638-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

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1716-535: Is located on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts . The license history of WNAC-TV stretches back to WNET (channel 16) , the second TV station in Providence, which operated from 1954 to 1955 amid an unsuccessful multi-year fight to prevent channel 12 from going on the air. The station successfully appealed a 1969 action to delete its construction permit , but in that time it lost its call letters and its channel and

1794-576: Is no verifiable threat to any of the buildings.” In August of 2021, Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in Westerly, causing significant damage and power outages. Following Henri’s impacts, in November 2021, three tornadoes were confirmed in Rhode Island, the first being an EF-1 tornado which went from Stonington, Connecticut to Westerly. According to the United States Census Bureau ,

1872-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

1950-615: The Independent Network News . The company intended to work with UPI Media, a subsidiary related to the United Press International wire service, to provide programming support. WSTG filed for bankruptcy reorganization in mid-1986. Sudbrink Broadcasting purchased the station in August 1986 from Providence Television after months of negotiations. Under new general manager Ric Gorman, the station repaired its transmitter to return to full-power broadcasting, affiliated with

2028-871: The Chorus of Westerly ) in June, and Riverglow in July. In recent years, the Westerly-Pawcatuck Chamber of Commerce's events have attracted many visitors, including big screen movies on the beach through July and August, Westerly's Columbus Day parade in October, and several beachfront events. Also, the Westerly-Pawcatuck Veterans Board of Control hold two of the oldest parades in the United States. The Memorial Day Parade started in 1867, held in May on Memorial Day, and

2106-687: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . In 1738, the Town of Charlestown was partitioned off from Westerly, and 19 years later Hopkinton was also partitioned off from Westerly, leaving Westerly in its modern borders. Bradford , a village built in 1732, following the partition of Hopkinton remained shared between both Hopkinton and Westerly with the Bradford Village Historic District . Physician, American Revolution general, and Rhode Island Supreme Court justice Dr. Joshua Babcock

2184-630: The Continental Army , and its important role in the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Rhode Island . In the early 1800s, prior to the War of 1812 , Westerly had become a shipbuilding center under U.S. Navy Officer Oliver Perry, having built Gunboats . In 1834, the Crumb Quarry, began operations, the first quarry in Westerly, to produce Westerly White and Blue granite. The Westerly area

2262-481: The Pawcatuck River is the municipal seat of the area, with the old town post office, library, YMCA, railroad station, former police headquarters (the current headquarters is located on Airport Road), granite buildings, and Wilcox Park. Other villages include Avondale, with antique colonial-style and Queen Anne-style homes; Bradford , with its own post office and postal code; Dunn's Corners; Mastuxet; Misquamicut ,

2340-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

2418-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

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2496-624: The 2024–2025 fiscal budget. Westerly, RI has a general crime rate of 10 per 1000 residents, with most crime happening in Downtown Westerly , and along the coast. Westerly has a total crime rate that is 59% lower than the national average per 100,000 residents. Westerly is marked as one of the safest towns within the entirety of the United States , with 68 violent incidents per 100,000 residents. In total, there are 0.62 daily crimes (0.04 violent daily crimes and 0.57 daily property crimes) in

2574-569: The Ashaway and Westerly Railway converged in Westerly and shared track between the railroad station and Dixon House Square downtown. The lines were built in the 1890s and 1900s and ran until the 1920s. Because of the towns location, Westerly would be devastated in 1938 by the Hurricane of 1938 , with the village of Napatree Point being completely destroyed, along with Misquamicut, Galilee, Jerusalem, Green Hill, and Quonochontaug being heavily destroyed, with

2652-516: The Boston area, resulting in an order moving it to channel 64. Arcaro signaled to Rehoboth selectmen in 1977 that there was a possibility of the long-dormant station returning to air, as he had been approached by several prospective operators. In July 1978, Channel 16 of Rhode Island applied to the FCC to sell its construction permit for channel 64 to Channel 64 of New England, Inc. for $ 487,500; this application

2730-627: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

2808-528: The Veterans Day Parade started in 1917, held in November on the Saturday of Veterans Day week. As of the census of 2000, there were 22,966 people, 9,402 households, and 6,130 families residing in the town. The population density was 763.3 inhabitants per square mile (294.7/km ). There were 11,292 housing units at an average density of 375.3 units per square mile (144.9 units/km ). The racial makeup of

2886-416: The air, only about 25,000 homes could tune its signal compared to the 217,000 Rhode Island families that had TV sets. Many televisions needed converters to view WNET. This economic reality led Channel 16 of Rhode Island to vigorously protest and seek to block the construction of a second very high frequency (VHF) television station in Providence on channel 12. In October 1953, the FCC barred Cherry & Webb,

2964-596: The brand-new Fox network, and changed its call sign to WNAC-TV. The call sign switch was an attempt by the station at raising its profile. The WNAC call letters had been used by the CBS affiliate in Boston , and it hoped viewers would recognize their use. The newly renamed WNAC-TV needed the profile boost. Its ratings in its early history were generally disappointing, and it had to compete against independents from adjacent markets—most notably Boston, whose independent outlets had been viewed in southern New England for decades. To build

3042-507: The broadcasting unit of the Hearst Corporation to form Hearst-Argyle Television . Hearst owned WCVB in Boston, and it could not keep both stations because of their overlapping signals; the FCC stated the overlap was 97.6 percent. For tax reasons, Hearst-Argyle preferred a swap. It reached a deal with Sunrise Television Corporation to swap WNAC-TV and WDTN in Dayton, Ohio —like WNAC-TV,

3120-448: The call letters WSTG on September 22, 1980, and Pay Television Corporation announced at the start of 1981 that it would have the station up and running by the end of the year. Channel 64 went back on the air as early as November 1981 as a test, intending to broadcast as a part-time subscription TV station; it operated from the original WNET studio building. Instead, it operated on a limited basis while Subscription Television of America sought

3198-483: The coldest month and at least 22 °C (72 °F) in the warmest month. Annually, Westerly has a long warm/hot season from April to mid-November, and a cool/cold season from late November through March. Westerly averages 2300 hours of sunshine annually (higher than the USA average), and receives about 1,087 mm (42.8 in) of precipitation annually. Westerly consists of a number of small villages. Downtown Westerly on

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3276-541: The company sold its subscription television franchises in four cities—Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and Providence—to Golden West Subscription Television . The Golden West deal never came to pass; the Pay Television Corporation received the rights to program the STV system on channel 64, as well as an option to buy 80 percent of the station, in November 1980 as part of a court settlement. The construction permit took

3354-503: The company was late in uploading documents to its public inspection file. Alongside the LMA with Clear Channel came the ability for WPRI-TV to produce a local 10 p.m. newscast for WNAC-TV, which had previously entertained proposals from another station and New England Cable News . After Fox's broadcast of Super Bowl XXXI on January 26, 1997, the newscast debuted as Fox News Providence . The newscast briefly had competition when WJAR-TV produced

3432-447: The company's refusal to build in light of a ruling on cable television signals was a business decision. Channel 16 of Rhode Island successfully appealed the deletion in court and had its permit reinstated in 1971. During that two-year period, the FCC awarded the WNET call letters to the educational TV station serving New York City, and it assigned channel 16 for land mobile radio system use in

3510-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

3588-451: The independents from the adjacent Boston market and filed for bankruptcy reorganization in 1986. Sudbrink Broadcasting purchased it out of bankruptcy and affiliated it with the Fox network when it launched; the new owners raised channel 64's local profile by airing University of Rhode Island Rams men's basketball and benefited from the growth of Fox. Ratings and revenue improved under Sudbrink and

3666-504: The largest stakeholder in Price. Even as other local stations struggled with a decline in advertising and consequent layoffs, WNAC-TV withstood the recession due to its leaner operational structure (with just 36 full-time employees), financial backing by Northstar, and the growth of Fox. By 1991, WNAC-TV's Fox Kids Club had 55,000 members, making it the largest in New England and putting it in

3744-468: The last Ice Age. A pristine sample of the moraine encompasses a 140-acre (0.57 km ) preserve owned in perpetuity by the Westerly Land Trust. Within the trust land are the rare kettle formations that extend out under the sea to Block Island . Westerly has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), defined as having a mean monthly temperature between 0 and 18 °C (32 and 64 °F) in

3822-473: The license for WNAC-TV was transferred to a family member of an executive of Providence-based LIN Broadcasting , which owned channel 12 in the 2000s and early 2010s, and to Mission Broadcasting in 2021. The CW moved to a subchannel of WNAC-TV in 2017. The broadcast license of WNAC-TV is the second-oldest in Rhode Island television and dates to the launch of WNET , channel 16, which began offering network programs on April 5, 1954, and local programs on May 2. It

3900-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

3978-471: The long, white beaches for which the town is renowned, such as the Misquamicut State Beach . From west to east, these ponds are Maschaug Pond , Winnapaug Pond , and Quonochontaug Pond . The Westerly area was known for its historically important granite mining and stone-cutting industry, until the quarries stopped operating in the 1950s. Westerly becomes a notable tourist destination during

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4056-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

4134-532: The money to finance expansion of WTLK , its TV station in Rome, Georgia . It was the first independent station purchased by Price and represented one of its largest markets. The station added a local adaptation of Bozo the Clown , a children's show taped in the Rehoboth studio. Price sold its four stations to Northstar Television Group in 1989 for $ 70 million; Northstar was a joint venture of Osborn Television and Desai Capital,

4212-581: The new operator of channels 12 and 64, Sunrise could not hold both stations' licenses and opted to divest the WNAC-TV license to LIN for $ 2.5 million. The next year, Sunrise was acquired by LIN, leading to the divestiture of the WNAC-TV license to Super Towers Inc., a company controlled by Tim Sheehan, the son-in-law of LIN executive Paul Karpowicz. WNAC-TV became the affiliate of MyNetworkTV in Providence when it launched in September 2006, airing its programming in late nights from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. In 2009, it moved

4290-430: The next three owners: Price Communications, Northstar Television Group, and Argyle Television. In 1996, Argyle entered into a local marketing agreement with Clear Channel Communications , then-owner of WPRI-TV. A 10 p.m. newscast for the station debuted the following January; the news offering expanded with the creation of morning and early evening newscasts in the late 2000s. After several changes in ownership of WPRI-TV,

4368-416: The permanent settlement on the coast line. The English village was the home of Elder John Crandall ( c.  1618 –1676), one of Westerly's founding fathers. Crandall settled in Westerly in 1661, and the early history of Westerly contains many references to him and his sons. In 1669, Westerly was named for the settlement's location respective to Rhode Island 's geography, being the westernmost town in

4446-496: The permittee of WPRO-TV , from beginning broadcasting until it conducted a hearing on the economic injury claims made by Channel 16 of Rhode Island. WNET stated it was losing $ 11,000 ($ 99,041 in 2023 dollars) a month. In early 1955, the FCC approved construction of WPRO-TV, which went on the air on March 27. WNET cut all of its local programs in May and folded on July 10, citing a lack of viewer and sponsor interest in UHF. An attempt to have

4524-450: The platform. Additionally, there have been proposals for CT rail to extend its Shore Line East service eastwards to Westerly station. Westerly has U.S. Route 1 and state routes 1A , 3 , and 91 . Route 78 forms a bypass around Westerly downtown and ends near Westerly Airport, with three interchanges in Rhode Island; the other endpoint is in Stonington, Connecticut . Interstate 95

4602-483: The process of buying WPRI-TV as well as two Providence-area radio stations—announced it would assume the operations of WNAC-TV under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Argyle, enabling it to program and sell advertising time on channel 64. With the move, the Rehoboth facility was shut down, with some of the staff moving to WPRI's facility in East Providence to accommodate an expansion. In 1997, Argyle merged with

4680-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

4758-524: The service to a dedicated subchannel, known as MyRITV. WNAC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, on February 17, 2009, the original date when full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station moved its digital signal from UHF channel 54 to VHF channel 12. In 2014, WPRI-TV owner LIN Media merged with Media General , which owned WJAR, in

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4836-585: The start of the 20th century (particularly from Sicily and Calabria ), and Italian dialects are still spoken at the homes of many older residents. Washington Trust Bancorp Inc., a publicly traded regional bank with operations in Rhode Island and Connecticut, is headquartered in Westerly. Another regional bank centered directly in Southwest Rhode Island is the Westerly Community Credit Union or WCCU. The main school system of Westerly

4914-589: The summer months when the population nearly doubles. Its well-known beaches include Weekapaug Beach, Westerly Town Beach, Misquamicut State Beach , East Beach, and Watch Hill Beach. Westerly, R.I. prior to English colonization was known as Misquamicut , home to the Narragansett people prior to 1637, before the English had build an outpost, and forced the Narragansett people out of the region by 1661, allowing for

4992-473: The top 20 nationally. Three of Northstar's four stations, including WNAC-TV, were acquired by Argyle Television Holdings II in 1994; the original Argyle Television had been sold earlier in the year. By that time, Fox was programming seven nights a week; as a result, the station ended its relationship with University of Rhode Island basketball because it could not justify the preemptions of network programming. On June 10, 1996, Clear Channel Communications —then in

5070-597: The town has a total area of 74.8 square miles (194 km ), of which, 30.1 square miles (78 km ) is land and 44.7 square miles (116 km ) (59.78%) is water. The Bureau includes Westerly in the RI-MA Providence metropolitan area (defined at the county level) but in the CT-RI Norwich-New London NECTA (defined at the municipal level ). Westerly sits atop a glacial moraine , a series of small hills of debris left behind by receding glaciers in

5148-586: The town of Westerly. In Westerly, there is the Westerly State Airport , which offers services by New England Airlines . Along with Westerly State Airport, Amtrak also offers services by the Westerly Amtrak Station between Washington, DC and Boston , stopping at the Westerly station near downtown. The station itself was closed in October 2016, but passengers can still board and disembark at

5226-562: The town was 95.17% White , 0.71% Black or African American , 0.57% Native American , 1.99% Asian , 0.34% from other races , and 1.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.18% of the population. There were 9,402 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. Of all households, 29.0% were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who

5304-453: The western border of Westerly, and was once renowned for its own species of Westerly salmon , three of which are displayed on the town's official seal. The Pawcatuck River flows from 15 mi (24 km) inland, emptying into Little Narragansett Bay . It also serves as the boundary between Westerly and Pawcatuck, Connecticut . Three large salt ponds lie along the coast of Westerly which serve as shallow, reef-like pools whose outer walls form

5382-630: The world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

5460-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

5538-449: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males. The median income for

5616-555: Was approved by the FCC in February 1980. The purchasing parties in Channel 64 of New England were Pay TV Corporation, the holder of Zenith Radio Corporation 's early subscription television patents, and Dallas -based Subscription Television of America. Shortly after the authorization, Sy Weintraub and Gordon McLendon bought an interest in Subscription Television of America, which was owned by Clint Murchison . Two months later,

5694-464: Was born in Westerly. Rhode Island Governor and Chief Justice Samuel Ward also lived here for many years. During the American Revolution , Westerly did not play any major battles compared to the nearby Battle of Newport , which happened in Rhode Island. Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Ward Jr was a resident of Westerly, Rhode Island, commanding the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, the only black regiment in

5772-441: Was known for its historically important (1870-1950s) granite mining and stone-cutting industry, which quarried a unique stone known as Westerly granite. This pinkish granite is ideal for statuary and has been used in numerous government buildings of several states on the eastern seaboard . Its quarries produced blue granite, in addition to pinks and reds. The Smith Granite Company employed many granite cutting craftsmen and

5850-603: Was moved to Corona, California . In 2012, Hurricane Sandy left beaches along the Westerly shoreline devastated and nearly unrecognizable, including Misquamicut . Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee stated that Misquamicut was "our New Jersey," referring to the amount of damage that was received in the State of New Jersey . The damages caused by Hurricane Sandy caused $ 11.3 million dollars in damages, with almost 100,000 power outages reported in Rhode Island . In December of 2019,

5928-542: Was one of the town's major employers until the quarries stopped operating in the 1950s. Hundreds of examples of their work can be seen on the battlefields of Gettysburg and in city squares, municipal buildings, cemeteries throughout the United States, and even the Georgia State Capitol . The four trolley lines of the Groton and Stonington Street Railway , Norwich and Westerly Railway , Pawtucket Valley Street Railway, and

6006-487: Was owned by Channel 16 of Rhode Island, a merger of two applicants that had applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the channel. WNET provided programs from CBS , ABC , and the DuMont Television Network , as well as local programs from its studios at the transmitter site in Rehoboth. As an ultra high frequency (UHF) station, WNET was at a significant economic disadvantage. When it went on

6084-490: Was reassigned to channel 64. The permit was acquired by Subscription Television of America in 1978 and returned to air as WSTG in 1981. The new owners intended to broadcast part-time subscription television service but never did so; the station operated on a very limited basis while a buyer was sought. Providence Television acquired WSTG in 1984 and relaunched it that September as the Providence market's first independent station . It struggled to attract viewers used to watching

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