- WRID-LP
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WRID-LP
station_
station_slogan =
analog = 48 (UHF)
digital = 51 (UHF) (future)
affiliations = Daystar
founded =June 2 ,1992
location =Richmond, Virginia
callsign_meaning = W
RIchmond
Daystar
owner = Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (a Daystar subsidiary)
former_callsigns = W48BI (1992 -2004 )
former_affiliations =ShopNBC
homepage = [http://www.daystar.com/ www.daystar.com]WRID-LP is a low-power religious
television station inRichmond, Virginia , broadcasting on channel 48 as aDaystar Television Network affiliate.History
The station signed on
June 2 ,1992 with translator calls W48BI and was owned by VVILPTV, INC.Richmond's next WB affiliate?
When the market's WB affiliate WAWB (now
WUPV ) became aUPN affiliate in March 1997, Richmond was left without a full-time WB affiliate. In the early 2000, there were several attempts to launch a stand-alone station to carry the network. There was two candidates for the network affiliate. The first candidate is channel 48 and the second is to launch a brand new station on channel 19. WRID declined the offer and channel 19 became an outlet for Charlottesville's CBS affiliateWCAV in2004 .WWBT , Richmond'sNBC affiliate, took secondary WB affiliation in 2001 until August 2006.Then UPN affiliate WUPV took secondary WB affiliation for The WB on selected nights until the closing of the network when it merged with the station's primary affiliate to becomeThe CW .WRLH-TV carried selectedKids' WB programming from 2001 to 2003.hopNBC
In 2003, the staton became a
ShopNBC affiliate.Daystar
In 2004, the station was bought by Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (a Daystar subsidiary) and change its to calls WRID-LP to reflect its Daystar affiliation.
Digital TV
On
January 12 ,2007 , the FCC granted Word of God Fellowship request for Low-Power Digital TV (LD) on channel 51. The station got untilJanuary 12 ,2010 to complete the switch-over. WRID is the second low-power station in Richmondto file a Digital TV application. The first was rival station,TBN affiliate,W39CO owned by National Minority TV, Inc. (a TBN subsidiary).External links
* [http://www.daystar.com Daystar web site]
* [http://richmond.vartv.com Richmond VARTV Homepage]
* [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101157158&formid=346&fac_num=167014 WRID's Digital TV application and acceptance]
*TVQ|WRID
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