WNRI

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WNRI

City	Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Broadcast area	Northern Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts
Frequency	1380 kHz
Branding	1380 AM & 99.9 FM WNRI
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Affiliations	Genesis Communications Network Radio America Salem Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Bouchard Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date	November 28, 1954
Call sign meaning	Northern Rhode Island
Technical information
Facility ID	1734
Class	D
Power	2,500 watts (day) 18 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	42°00′58″N 71°29′30″W / 42.01611°N 71.49167°W / 42.01611; -71.49167
Translator(s)	See § Translator
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wnri.com

WNRI (1380 AM, "1380 AM & 99.9 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 airs a news/talk format with locally produced programs daily. The station is also affiliated with several national networks, including GCN, Radio America, and SRN.

Translator[]

Broadcast translators of WNRI

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W260DC	99.9	Woonsocket, Rhode Island	26352	250	170 m (560 ft)	D	41°59′50″N 71°27′18″W / 41.99722°N 71.45500°W / 41.99722; -71.45500	FCC LMS

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[]

• Official website
• WNRI in the FCC AM station database
• WNRI on Radio-Locator
• WNRI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• FCC History Cards for WNRI
• W260DC in the FCC FM station database
• W260DC on Radio-Locator
• International Broadcasting Stations of the United States: link to NBC's WNRI

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