- Media in Providence metropolitan area
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The city of Providence, Rhode Island is part of a media market that includes New Bedford, Massachusetts. The area is served by several local television stations, radio stations, newspapers, and web blogs based in the cities proper and the surrounding communities of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts.
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Broadcast Television
Providence is the center of Southern New England's broadcasting market, which also encompasses Bristol County, Massachusetts, which includes the cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The city is served by television stations representing every major American television network as well radio stations originating from Providence and Boston.
Channel Call Sign Network Owner 6 WLNE-TV ABC Global Broadcasting 10 WJAR NBC, MeTV Media General 12 WPRI-TV CBS LIN TV 28 WLWC CW Four Points 36 WSBE-TV PBS State of Rhode Island 50 WRIW-CA Telemundo ZGS Communications 64 WNAC-TV FOX, MyNetworkTV Super Towers, Inc 69 WPXQ ION ION Media Networks Radio
Providence is the center of Southern New England's broadcasting area, with many radio stations located in the city and surrounding communities, as well as some radio stations located in Bristol County, Central Massachusetts, and eastern Connecticut.
AM Stations Call Sign Owner 550 kHz WBZS Radio Disney 630 kHz WPRO (AM) Citadel Broadcasting 790 kHz WPRV Citadel Broadcasting 920 kHz WHJJ Clear Channel Communications 990 kHz WALE Cumbre Communications 1110 kHz WPMZ Videomundo Broadcasting 1220 kHz WSTL 1290 kHz WRNI Rhode Island Public Radio 1320 kHz WARL ADD Radio Group 1340 kHz WNBH Hall Broadcasting 1400 kHz WHTB SNE Broadcasting 1420 kHz WBSM Citadel Broadcasting 1450 kHz WLKW Hall Broadcasting 1480 kHz WSAR Bristol County Broadcasting 1590 kHz WARV Blount Communications FM Stations Call Sign Owner 88.1 MHz WELH The Wheeler School 91.3 MHz WDOM Providence College 92.3 MHz WPRO-FM Citadel Broadcasting 93.3 MHz WSNE-FM Clear Channel Communications 94.1 MHz WHJY Clear Channel Communications 95.5 MHz WBRU Brown Broadcasting Service, Inc 98.1 MHz WCTK Hall Communications, Inc 99.7 MHz WEAN-FM Citadel Broadcasting 101.5 MHz WWBB Clear Channel Communications 103.7 MHz WVEI-FM Entercom 105.1 MHz WWLI Citadel Broadcasting 106.3 MHz WWKX Citadel Broadcasting Newspapers
There are several newspapers that serve the Providence-New Bedford media market.
Newspaper Owner Attleboro Sun-Chronicle United Communications Corporation Fall River Herald News GateHouse Media New Bedford Standard-Times Dow Jones Local Media Group The Providence Journal A. H. Belo Corporation The Providence Phoenix Phoenix Media/Communications Group Providence Business News Providence Business News, Inc Taunton Daily Gazette GateHouse Media Weblogs
The Providence Daily Dose covers local arts, culture, music, and political happenings.
Television and movie productions
Providence and the surrounding area have been used as a backdrop for several movies and television series and the city remains invested in bringing filmmakers to its location, as is evidenced by a 25% tax credit on all Rhode Island spending offered to motion picture companies.[1]
The animated television series Family Guy takes place in Quahog, a fictional suburb of Providence and prominently features the most pronounced segment of Providence's skyline several times an episode (the buildings are One Financial Plaza, 50 Kennedy Plaza, and the Bank of America Building respectively).[2] The city and its name were used in the television series Providence,[3] and Showtime's new series, Brotherhood, was also filmed and set in Providence.[4]
The Farrelly brothers used the city as a backdrop for several of their movies, notably Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary. Peter Farrelly places Outside Providence in Pawtucket, adjacent to Providence. The 1991 American/Canadian film Providence takes place at Brown University.[5] Although not set in Providence, the movie Amistad used the exterior of the Rhode Island State House as the United States Capitol exterior.[6] The movie Little Children was also filmed in Providence.[7] In 2006, Providence was the primary filming grounds for the film Underdog.[8]
References
- ^ "Rhode Island Tax Incentive Law Summary". RI Film & TV Office. 2006. http://www.film.ri.gov/taxcredit.html. Retrieved 2006-09-10.
- ^ James Bartlett. "Seth MacFarlane – he's the “Family Guy”". Presswire Limited. http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1383/1/. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
- ^ "Providence (1999)". Internet Movie Database Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177991/. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
- ^ "Brotherhood (2006)". Internet Movie Database Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457229/. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
- ^ imdb.com "Providence (1991)". Internet Movie Database Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175080/ imdb.com. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ^ Katharine Imbrie (2006). "In the footsteps of Amistad". The Providence Journal. http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/include.pl/movies/amistad/0109fea1.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-19.
- ^ "Providence, Rhode Island RI, city profile (Providence County)". ePodunk Inc.. http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13448. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
- ^ Daniel Barbarisi. projo.com "Film Squad making movies happen". Providence Journal. http://www.projo.com/ri/providence/content/MC_FILMING_06-01-07_OD5RTFS.327d44f.html projo.com. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
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