WNRI

WNRI
City	Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Broadcast area	Northern Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts
Branding	News/Talk 1380 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 / 42.01611; -71.49167
Callsign meaning	Northern Rhode Island
Owner	Bouchard Broadcasting, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wnri.com

WNRI (1380 AM, "News/Talk 1380") 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.

National syndicated programs include the Dr. Joy Browne show (family living advice) and USA networks "America's Morning News".

WNRI also carries games from the Pawtucket Red Sox.

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

Radio stations in the Providence–Warwick–Pawtucket, Rhode Island market

By AM frequency	550 630 790 920 1110 1220 1240 1290 1320 1380 1450 1590 1630

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 90.3 90.7² 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 95.1 95.5 96.5 97.3¹ 98.1¹ 99.7 100.3 101.5 103.7 104.7 105.1 106.3

Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Insight Radio (radio reading service)

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4

Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	93.3-1 93.3-2 93.3-3 98.1-1 102.7-1 102.7-2

By callsign	WARA WARV WBRU WCTK¹ WCVY WDOM WEAN-FM WELH WHJJ WHJY WIGV-LP WJFD-FM¹ WJMF WKKB WLKW WNRI WOON WPMZ WPQB669 WPRO WPRO-FM WPRV WQRI WRIU WRNI WSJW WSNE-FM WSTL WVEI-FM WWBB WWKX WWLI WWRI-LP WXJ39 W229AN W284BA "WXIN"²

Defunct stations	WALE/990 WHIM Country WKFD/1370 WFCI/1420 WPTL/90.9, 91.5 WRJI/91.5 WHJY HD2/94.1-2 WLOV/99.9 WLIV/107.7 ¹ = Radio station from a neighboring market which targets Providence. ² = Part 15 radio stations with notability

Nearby radio markets Boston New Bedford–Fall River New London Newport Worcester Cape Cod See also List of radio stations in Rhode Island ¹ station that is in the New Bedford market or Newport market but focuses on Providence.

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Rhode Island

By callsign	WADK WEAN-FM WHJJ WNRI WPRO WPRV

By frequency	630 790 920 1380 1540 99.7

By community of license	Newport Providence Providence Providence Wakefield-Peacedale Woonsocket

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Rhode Island

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